Weak Permissions in kinit in KDE Frameworks before 5.23.0 Allows Unauthorized Access to X11 Cookies

CVE-2016-3100 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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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