CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-6494
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-10-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
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.
Affected configurations
• mongodb mongodb (< 3.0.15)
• mongodb mongodb (>= 3.2 < 3.2.14)
• mongodb mongodb (>= 3.3 < 3.3.14)
• fedoraproject fedora 25
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92204 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=832908 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362553 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/035cf2afc04988b22cb67f4ebfd77e9b344cb6e0 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-25335 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5MCE2ZLFBNOK3TTWSTXZJQGZVP4EEJDL/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92204 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=832908 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362553 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/035cf2afc04988b22cb67f4ebfd77e9b344cb6e0 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-25335 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5MCE2ZLFBNOK3TTWSTXZJQGZVP4EEJDL/ lists.fedoraproject.org