CVE-2016-3100

high

Published 2016-07-13 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

8.4

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.4

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

80%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`5.23.0-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`5.23.0-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`5.23.0-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`5.23.0-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`5.23.0-1`
suse	42.1	affected
suse	13.2	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
kde	kde_frameworks	`{"endIncluding":"5.22.0"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.