CVE-2016-5425 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CVE-2016-5425.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139041/Apache-Tomcat-8-7-6-Privilege-Escalation.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2046.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/2 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93472 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036979 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b414817c2b0bf351138911c8c922ec5dd577ebc0b9a7f42d705752d@3Cissues.activemq.apache.org3E https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40488/ https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8