CVE-2016-3100

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 High 8.4
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 gain privileges by reading the file.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-3100
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-07-13T15:59:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-30T16:27:35
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde_frameworks:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.22.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.4
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.5
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363140
https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kinit.git&a=commitdiff&h=72f3702dbe6cf15c06dc13da2c99c864e9022a58
http://www.kde.com/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.23.0.php
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160621-1.txt
https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kinit.git&a=commitdiff&h=dece8fd89979cd1a86c03bcaceef6e9221e8d8cd
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358593
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00001.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91769
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3100
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3100
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:56:21 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:23:57 2016-07-13T15:59Z 2016-07-13T15:59:02 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:23:57 2018-10-30T16:27:35 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:23:57 Modified Vulnerability Status updated