High severity · published Oct 13, 2016
CVE-2016-6325
The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 through 7, JBoss Web Server 3.0, and JBoss EWS 2 uses weak permissions for (1) /etc/sysconfig/tomcat and (2)…
7.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 through 7, JBoss Web Server 3.0, and JBoss EWS 2 uses weak permissions for (1) /etc/sysconfig/tomcat and (2) /etc/tomcat/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group.
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)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TO
Tomcat · Apache
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6325
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6325
Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2045.html
Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2046.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html
www.oracle.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93478
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455
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