CVE-2016-6494

MEDIUM

MongoDB - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

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 (8)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] 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

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92204

[Issue Tracking] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=832908

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362553

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/035cf2afc04988b22cb67f4ebfd77e9b344cb6e0

[Issue Tracking] https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-25335

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5MCE2ZLFBNOK3TTWSTXZJQGZVP4EEJDL/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 22.3%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-200

Status published

Affected Products (3)

mongodb/mongodb < 3.0.15

fedoraproject/fedora

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Oct 03, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026