CVE-2016-6322

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-08-27
CWE:
CWE-732
Bugzilla:
1366413: CVE-2016-6322 QCI: creates world readable /etc/qci/answers contains sensitive password

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Red Hat QuickStart Cloud Installer (QCI) uses world-readable permissions for /etc/qci/answers, which allows local users to obtain the root password for the deployed system by reading the file.

Find out more about CVE-2016-6322 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.9
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7.1
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Virtualization 4 distribution Not affected
RHEV Manager 3 distribution Not affected

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Thom Carlin (Red Hat).

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