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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "id": "GHSA-j4pw-hgvj-fq4w",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T13:04:54Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T00:21:09Z",
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-6494"
  ],
  "details": "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.",
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
    }
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6494"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/035cf2afc04988b22cb67f4ebfd77e9b344cb6e0"
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    {
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      "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=832908"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362553"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-25335"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5MCE2ZLFBNOK3TTWSTXZJQGZVP4EEJDL"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5MCE2ZLFBNOK3TTWSTXZJQGZVP4EEJDL"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/29/8"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92204"
    }
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    "cwe_ids": [
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    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-10-03T18:59:00Z"
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}