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High severity · published Oct 3, 2016
CVE-2016-1240
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…
7.8
CVSS
9.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)9.8% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TO
Tomcat · Apache
6.0; 7.0; 8.0; 7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
TO
Tomcat
Apache
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1240
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1240
legalhackers.com
http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-DebPkgs-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit-CVE-2016-1240.html
packetstormsecurity.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170857/Apache-Tomcat-On-Ubuntu-Log-Init-Privilege-Escalation.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3669
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539519/100/0/threaded
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