GHSA-8H23-V9W8-5PRQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 02:08 – Updated: 2022-05-14 02:08
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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
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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-3100"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-200"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-07-13T15:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-8h23-v9w8-5prq",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T02:08:52Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T02:08:52Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3100"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358593"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363140"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kinit.git\u0026a=commitdiff\u0026h=72f3702dbe6cf15c06dc13da2c99c864e9022a58"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kinit.git\u0026a=commitdiff\u0026h=dece8fd89979cd1a86c03bcaceef6e9221e8d8cd"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160621-1.txt"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00001.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.kde.com/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.23.0.php"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91769"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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