CVE-2016-3100

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-3100
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-07-13 15:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionkinit 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 8.4 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary8.4HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kde Kde Frameworks All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2016:1723-1: moderate: Security update for kinit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Git repository browser af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 quickgit.kde.org
358593 – kdeinit5 create /tmp/xauth-xxx-_y with inappropriate permission. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.kde.org
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160621-1.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kde.org
quickgit.kde.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 quickgit.kde.org
363140 – World-readable X11 Cookie, easy key logger af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.kde.org
www.kde.com/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.23.0.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kde.com
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