VDB
CVE-2016-3100
CVE-2016-3100
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.05% · 15.2th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.05%
15.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | kinit | 0, 5.15.0-0ubuntu1, 5.15.0-0ubuntu2 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kinit.git&a=commitdiff&h=dece8fd89979cd1a86c03bcaceef6e9221e8d8cd (circl)
- https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kinit.git&a=commitdiff&h=72f3702dbe6cf15c06dc13da2c99c864e9022a58 (circl)
- 91769 (circl)
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1723 (circl)
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358593 (circl)
- http://www.kde.com/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.23.0.php (circl)
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160621-1.txt (circl)
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363140 (circl)
Timeline
- Jul 13, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3100 third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358593 third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363140 third-party-advisory
- https://cgit.kde.org/kinit.git/commit/?id=dece8fd89979cd1a86c03bcaceef6e9221e8d8cd third-party-advisory
- https://cgit.kde.org/kinit.git/commit/?id=72f3702dbe6cf15c06dc13da2c99c864e9022a58 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3100 third-party-advisory