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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-4155 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:

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

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

Link: CVE-2016-3100

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-3100

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