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CVE-2016-5425

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.

Published

2016-10-13T14:59:07.517

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-276

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	apache	tomcat	-	Yes
Application	oracle	instantis_enterprisetrack	17.1	No
Application	oracle	instantis_enterprisetrack	17.2	No
Application	oracle	instantis_enterprisetrack	17.3	No
Operating System	oracle	linux	7	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	7.0	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	7.0	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.2	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.3	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.4	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.6	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.7	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_eus	7.2	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_eus	7.3	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_eus	7.4	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_eus	7.5	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_eus	7.6	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_eus	7.7	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_tus	7.2	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_tus	7.3	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_tus	7.6	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_tus	7.7	No
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	7.0	No

References

http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CVE-2016-5425.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139041/Apache-Tomcat-8-7-6-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2046.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93472 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036979 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b414817c2b0bf351138911c8c922ec5dd577ebc0b9a7f42d705752d%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40488/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CVE-2016-5425.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139041/Apache-Tomcat-8-7-6-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2046.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93472 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036979 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b414817c2b0bf351138911c8c922ec5dd577ebc0b9a7f42d705752d%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40488/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)