CVE-2016-3100

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CVSS 3.0

8.4 high

EPSS

<1%p33

Published

Jul 13, 2016 (Jul 13, 2016)

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.

Vendors: opensuse kde
Products: leap, opensuse, kde frameworks
Weakness: CWE-200
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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