CVE-2016-5425

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 13 Oct 2016, 14:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 01:00

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
44/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
11.55% MEDIUM
12% probability -2.92%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
4 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

13 Oct 2016, 14:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 01:00
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 11.55%• Percentile: 94%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-276•Incorrect Default Permissions

    During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

Affected Systems

  • Unknown•Tomcat

    na

References (10)