Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2016-5425 First vendor Publication 2016-10-13
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-02-12

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 7.8
Base Score 7.8 Environmental Score 7.8
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 7.8
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5425

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-08-30 Name : A web application running on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerab...
File : activemq_5_15_5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-01 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2016-1049.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-21 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-38e5b05260.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-4094bd4ad6.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-c1b01b9278.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-12 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2016-2046.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-12 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20161010_tomcat_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-11 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-2046.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2016-2046.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93472
CONFIRM http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-309054...
EXPLOIT-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40488/
MISC http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CV...
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139041/Apache-Tomcat-8-7-6-Privilege-Esc...
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b414817c2b0bf351138911c8c922ec5dd577ebc...
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/2
REDHAT http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2046.html
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036979

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