vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-3100): kinit vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Jul 13, 2016 | Nov 19, 2024 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jul 13, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
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.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-kinit
References
- CVE-2016-3100
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-3100
- CWE-200
- URL-https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358593
- URL-https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363140
- URL-https://cgit.kde.org/kinit.git/commit/?id=72f3702dbe6cf15c06dc13da2c99c864e9022a58
- URL-https://cgit.kde.org/kinit.git/commit/?id=dece8fd89979cd1a86c03bcaceef6e9221e8d8cd
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3100
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