CVE-2016-6340
Published Sep 22, 2016
Last updated 8 years ago
Overview
- Description
- The kickstart file in Red Hat QuickStart Cloud Installer (QCI) forces use of MD5 passwords on deployed systems, which makes it easier for attackers to determine cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 8.4
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 2.5
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 2.1
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-254
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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