CVE-2016-5425

high Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
11.6%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 6% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: October 13, 2016 (3501 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-276

Affected Products

apache tomcat

References

🔗 legalhackers.com 🔗 packetstormsecurity.com 🔗 rhn.redhat.com 🔗 www.openwall.com 🔗 www.oracle.com