CVE-2016-6322

N/A
Published: September 22, 2016 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorQuickstart Cloud InstallerEnterprise Linux

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
redhat-enterprise-linux (environment)
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92668
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1366413

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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