CVE-2016-6494

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 31.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-10-03 18:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:29Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-29

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
• CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5ea07703e76a37f512c20d33abea898e600a983199740f52b188efc6f920d6a2

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362553x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160729 Re: CVE request: mongodb: world-readable .dbshell history filehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/8mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/035cf2afc04988b22cb67f4ebfd77e9b344cb6e0x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com92204http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92204vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• jira.mongodb.orghttps://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-25335x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-9a8e2bbc04https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5MCE2ZLFBNOK3TTWSTXZJQGZVP4EEJDL/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=832908x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160729 CVE request: mongodb: world-readable .dbshell history filehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST