CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-3100

8.4 HIGH Published 2016-07-13 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-07-13
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
8.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Description

kinit in KDE Frameworks before 5.23.0 uses weak permissions (644) for /tmp/xauth-xxx-_y, which allows local users to obtain X11 cookies of other users and consequently capture keystrokes and possibly gain privileges by reading the file.

Affected configurations

• opensuse leap 42.1 • opensuse opensuse 13.2 • kde kde frameworks (<= 5.22.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References