CVE-2016-6796

high Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
0.8%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 25% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Published: August 11, 2017 (3199 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

A malicious web application running on 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 was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via manipulation of the configuration parameters for the JSP Servlet.

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

apache tomcatdebian debian linuxnetapp oncommand insightnetapp oncommand shiftnetapp snap creator frameworkcanonical ubuntu linuxoracle tekelec platform distributionredhat jboss enterprise application platformredhat jboss enterprise web serverredhat enterprise linux desktop

References

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