Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-6494

Title: Mongodb Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-6494.

CWE Category CWE-200
Published Date Oct 03, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.5 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.07%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-6494: 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.

Impacted Vendors

M
mongodb 1
A
anynines 1

Reference Links

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/8 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92204 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=832908 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362553 https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/035cf2afc04988b22cb67f4ebfd77e9b344cb6e0 https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-25335 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5MCE2ZLFBNOK3TTWSTXZJQGZVP4EEJDL/ http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/8 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92204 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=832908 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362553 https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/035cf2afc04988b22cb67f4ebfd77e9b344cb6e0 https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-25335 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5MCE2ZLFBNOK3TTWSTXZJQGZVP4EEJDL/
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
2.1
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-6494 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.