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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-07-13T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:47:56.979Z

Reserved: 2016-03-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-3100

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-07-13T15:59:02.420

Modified: 2018-10-30T16:27:35.843

Link: CVE-2016-3100

cve-icon Redhat

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