CVE-2016-6494

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-200 Information Leak / Disclosure

Publication date:

03/10/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

2.10

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb::::::::		3.0.15 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb::::::::	3.2 (including)	3.2.14 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb::::::::	3.3 (including)	3.3.14 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:::::::*

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CVE-2016-6494

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools