CVE-2011-2916 in qtnx

Summary

qtnx 0.9 stores non-custom SSH keys in a world-readable configuration file. If a user has a world-readable or world-executable home directory, another local system user could obtain the private key used to connect to remote NX sessions.

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• Reservation: 07/27/2011
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-145820 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-312 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 4.4
• EPSS: 0.00061
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2916
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2916
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2011-2916/