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ubuntu-cve-2016-3100

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2016-07-13 15:59

Modified

2026-04-22 07:37

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

8.4 (High)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3100	REPORT
	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358593	REPORT
	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363140	REPORT
	https://cgit.kde.org/kinit.git/commit/?id=dece8fd…	REPORT
	https://cgit.kde.org/kinit.git/commit/?id=72f3702…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3100	REPORT

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        "availability": "No subscription required",
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CVE-2016-3100 (GCVE-0-2016-3100)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-07-13 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:47

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kinit.git&a=commitdif…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kinit.git&a=commitdif…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91769	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358593	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.kde.com/announcements/kde-frameworks-5…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-201606…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363140	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2016-06-21 00:00

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ubuntu-cve-2016-3100

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2016-3100 (GCVE-0-2016-3100)

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