CVE-2016-3100 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2016-07-13

Score: 8.4 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_frameworks:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-4155	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00048.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00001.html
http://www.kde.com/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.23.0.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91769
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358593
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363140
https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kinit.git&a=commitdiff&h=72f3702dbe6cf15c06dc13da2c99c864e9022a58
https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kinit.git&a=commitdiff&h=dece8fd89979cd1a86c03bcaceef6e9221e8d8cd
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160621-1.txt

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Kde Kde Frameworks

Opensuse Leap Opensuse

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-07-13T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:47:56.979Z

Reserved: 2016-03-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-3100

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-07-13T15:59:02.420

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-3100

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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