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.
Published: 2016-09-22
Score: 8.4 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7249 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.
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Redhat Enterprise Linux Quickstart Cloud Installer
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:29:19.933Z

Reserved: 2016-07-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6322

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-09-22T15:59:02.787

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-6322

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-08-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6322 - Bugzilla

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