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High
CVE-2016-5425
The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7,...
Vulnerability Description
The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, Fedora, CentOS, Oracle Linux, and possibly other Linux distributions uses weak permissions for /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036979
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93472
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139041/Apache-Tomcat-8-7-6-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CVE-2016-5425.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2046.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40488/
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b414817c2b0bf351138911c8c922ec5dd577ebc0b9a7f42d705752d%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
tomcat
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 13th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.