CVE-2016-3100

HighCVSS 8.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.4/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jul 13, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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