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CVE-2016-6794

When a SecurityManager is configured, a web application's ability to read system properties should be controlled by the SecurityManager. In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70, 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 the system property replacement feature for configuration files could be used by a malicious web application to bypass the SecurityManager and read system properties that should not be visible.

Published

2017-08-10T16:29:00.530

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-noinfo
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application apache tomcat ≤ 6.0.45 Yes
Application apache tomcat ≤ 7.0.70 Yes
Application apache tomcat ≤ 8.0.36 Yes
Application apache tomcat ≤ 8.5.4 Yes
Application apache tomcat 9.0.0 Yes
Application apache tomcat 9.0.0 Yes
Application apache tomcat 9.0.0 Yes
Application apache tomcat 9.0.0 Yes
Application apache tomcat 9.0.0 Yes
Application apache tomcat 9.0.0 Yes
Application apache tomcat 9.0.0 Yes
Application apache tomcat 9.0.0 Yes
Application apache tomcat 9.0.0 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 8.0 Yes
Application redhat jboss_enterprise_web_server 3.0.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.4 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.5 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.6 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.7 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.6 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.7 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.6 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.7 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0 Yes
Application netapp oncommand_insight - Yes
Application netapp oncommand_shift - Yes
Application netapp snap_creator_framework - Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 Yes
Application oracle tekelec_platform_distribution ≤ 7.7.1 Yes
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