CVE-2016-3100 (GCVE-0-2016-3100)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-07-13 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:47
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Summary
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.
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