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CVE-2016-6494

medium

Description

The client in MongoDB uses world-readable permissions on .dbshell history files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92204

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/8

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/4

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5MCE2ZLFBNOK3TTWSTXZJQGZVP4EEJDL/

https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-25335

https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/035cf2afc04988b22cb67f4ebfd77e9b344cb6e0

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362553

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=832908

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-10-03

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00072