CVE-2016-5018

critical Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
0.9%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 24% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Published: August 10, 2017 (3199 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

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 and 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 a malicious web application was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via a Tomcat utility method that was accessible to web applications.

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

apache tomcatnetapp oncommand insightnetapp oncommand shiftnetapp snap creator frameworkcanonical ubuntu linuxdebian debian linuxredhat jboss enterprise application platformredhat jboss enterprise web serverredhat enterprise linux desktopredhat enterprise linux eus

References

🔗 packetstormsecurity.com 🔗 rhn.redhat.com 🔗 rhn.redhat.com 🔗 www.debian.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com