CVE-2016-0714

Aliases:GHSA-mv42-px54-87jw
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 17
Modified
Published: 25 Feb 2016, 01:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 22:30

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
37/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
7.09% LOW
7% probability -0.78%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

25 Feb 2016, 01:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 22:30
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The session-persistence implementation in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 mishandles session attributes, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a web application that places a crafted object in a session.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 7.09%• Percentile: 92%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected Systems

  • Unknown•Tomcat

    6.0.0 | 6.0.0:alpha | 6.0.1 | 6.0.1:alpha | 6.0.2 | 6.0.2:alpha | 6.0.2:beta | 6.0.4 | 6.0.4:alpha | 6.0.10 | 6.0.11 | 6.0.13 | 6.0.14 | 6.0.16 | 6.0.18 | 6.0.20 | 6.0.24 | 6.0.26 | 6.0.28 | 6.0.29 | 6.0.30 | 6.0.32 | 6.0.33 | 6.0.35 | 6.0.36 | 6.0.37 | 6.0.39 | 6.0.41 | 6.0.43 | 6.0.44 | 7.0.0:beta | 7.0.2:beta | 7.0.4:beta | 7.0.5:beta | 7.0.6 | 7.0.10 | 7.0.11 | 7.0.12 | 7.0.14 | 7.0.16 | 7.0.19 | 7.0.20 | 7.0.21 | 7.0.22 | 7.0.23 | 7.0.25 | 7.0.26 | 7.0.27 | 7.0.28 | 7.0.29 | 7.0.30 | 7.0.32 | 7.0.33 | 7.0.34 | 7.0.35 | 7.0.37 | 7.0.39 | 7.0.40 | 7.0.41 | 7.0.42 | 7.0.47 | 7.0.50 | 7.0.52 | 7.0.53 | 7.0.54 | 7.0.55 | 7.0.56 | 7.0.57 | 7.0.59 | 7.0.61 | 7.0.62 | 7.0.63 | 7.0.64 | 7.0.65 | 7.0.67 | 8.0.0:rc1 | 8.0.0:rc10 | 8.0.0:rc3 | 8.0.0:rc5 | 8.0.1 | 8.0.3 | 8.0.11 | 8.0.12 | 8.0.14 | 8.0.15 | 8.0.17 | 8.0.18 | 8.0.20 | 8.0.21 | 8.0.22 | 8.0.23 | 8.0.24 | 8.0.26 | 8.0.27 | 8.0.28 | 8.0.29 | 8.0.30 | 9.0.0:milestone1

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 15.10 | 16.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0 | 8.0

  • org.apache.tomcat•tomcat

    ≥ 9.0.0.M1, < 9.0.0.M2 | ≥ 8.0.0.RC1, < 8.0.32 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.70 | ≥ 6.0.0, < 6.0.46

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