fkie_cve-2016-5425
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2016-10-13 14:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CVE-2016-5425.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139041/Apache-Tomcat-8-7-6-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2046.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93472Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036979Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b414817c2b0bf351138911c8c922ec5dd577ebc0b9a7f42d705752d%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40488/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CVE-2016-5425.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139041/Apache-Tomcat-8-7-6-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2046.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93472Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036979Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b414817c2b0bf351138911c8c922ec5dd577ebc0b9a7f42d705752d%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40488/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.htmlThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache tomcat -
oracle instantis_enterprisetrack 17.1
oracle instantis_enterprisetrack 17.2
oracle instantis_enterprisetrack 17.3
oracle linux 7
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.2
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.3
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.4
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.6
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.7
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.2
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.3
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.4
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.5
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.6
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.7
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.2
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.3
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.6
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.7
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0


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   lastModified: "2025-04-12T10:46:40.837",
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}


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