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CVE-2016-1240 Details

Description

The Tomcat init script in the tomcat7 package before 7.0.56-3+deb8u4 and tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u3 on Debian jessie and the tomcat6 and libtomcat6-java packages before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the tomcat7 and libtomcat7-java packages before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and tomcat8 and libtomcat8-java packages before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS allows local users with access to the tomcat account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina log file, as demonstrated by /var/log/tomcat7/catalina.out.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-DebPkgs-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit-CVE-2016-1240.html CVE
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170857/Apache-Tomcat-On-Ubuntu-Log-Init-Privilege-Escalation.html CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455 CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
apache tomcat
6.0
7.0
8.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
12.04
14.04
16.04

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
8.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-1240
NVD Published Date:
Oct 3, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-1240 Details - Not Deferred