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CVE-2016-6322

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-09-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

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 products

• RedHat Quickstart Cloud Installer: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92668
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1366413
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92668
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1366413

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