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CVE-2016-3100

CVE-2016-3100

EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00001.htmlhttps://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358593https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363140https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kinit.git&a=commitdiff&h=72f3702dbe6cf15c06dc13da2c99c864e9022a58https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kinit.git&a=commitdiff&h=dece8fd89979cd1a86c03bcaceef6e9221e8d8cdhttps://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160621-1.txthttp://www.kde.com/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.23.0.phphttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91769