CVE-2016-3100
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 33.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-07-13 15:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 23:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-03-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d2ba346de4fbff9cbd1c4d1e43cbee056c4bc203ac56a7973355fc8873fde427
05 Affected products
06 References
- quickgit.kde.orghttps://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kinit.git&a=commitdiff&h=dece8fd89979cd1a86c03bcaceef6e9221e8d8cd
- quickgit.kde.orghttps://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kinit.git&a=commitdiff&h=72f3702dbe6cf15c06dc13da2c99c864e9022a58
- www.securityfocus.com91769http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91769
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1723http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00001.html
- bugs.kde.orghttps://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358593
- www.kde.comhttp://www.kde.com/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.23.0.php
- www.kde.orghttps://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160621-1.txt
- bugs.kde.orghttps://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363140
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- kinit Fixed in 5.23.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- kinit Fixed in 5.23.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- kinit Fixed in 5.23.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- kinit Fixed in 5.18.0-0ubuntu1.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.