Name: CVE-2016-3100: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-3100, CWE-200, CVSS 8.4, EPSS 0.00048

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.4
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade kinit	Jul 30, 2024	Jul 13, 2016
Suse	—	Upgrade kinitUpgrade kinit-langUpgrade kinit-devel	Jul 26, 2016	Jul 13, 2016
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade kinit	Nov 19, 2024	Jul 13, 2016

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CVSS Details

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