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CVE-2016-6494
The client in MongoDB uses world-readable permissions on .dbshell history files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.38%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362553 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160729 Re: CVE request: mongodb: world-readable .dbshell history file (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/035cf2afc04988b22cb67f4ebfd77e9b344cb6e0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 92204 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-25335 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-9a8e2bbc04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=832908 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160729 CVE request: mongodb: world-readable .dbshell history file (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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