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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-10351

Telegram Desktop 0.10.19 uses 0755 permissions for $HOME/.TelegramDesktop, which allows local users to obtain sensitive authentication information via standard filesystem operations.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:38 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2016-10351

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 May 2017, 01:59 UTC

Telegram Desktop 0.10.19 uses 0755 permissions for $HOME/.TelegramDesktop, which allows local users to obtain sensitive authentication information via standard filesystem operations.

osv:CVE-2016-10351
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10351",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-10351",
    "summary": "Telegram Desktop 0.10.19 uses 0755 permissions for $HOME/.TelegramDesktop, which allows local users to obtain sensitive authentication information via standard filesystem operations.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-10351",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-10351",
      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "802349d04229e579a356bed8eafd7fd0943cf99d"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "802349d04229e579a356bed8eafd7fd0943cf99d"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:telegram_desktop:telegram_desktop:0.10.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.10.19"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.10.19"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.10.19",
            "v0.10.19"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-10351.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:22.704945898Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/pull/3842/commits/388703b9ca1912a5438e37f9dd54c35805f2c594",
        "https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/issues/2666"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-10351",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379361,
  "published_at": "2017-05-01T01:59:00.263+00:00"
}