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CVE-2016-6325

The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 through 7, JBoss Web Server 3.0, and JBoss EWS 2 uses weak permissions for (1) /etc/sysconfig/tomcat and (2) /etc/tomcat/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group.

Published

2016-10-13T14:59:09.127

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 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-264
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application apache tomcat - Yes
Application redhat jboss_enterprise_web_server 2.0.0 No
Application redhat jboss_web_server 3.0 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 5.0 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 6.0 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 7.0 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node 6.0 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node 7.0 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus 7.2 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0 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_eus 7.2 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0 No
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0 No
References