Vulnerability Intelligence Report
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 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.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
7.8
HIGH
EPSS Probability:9.78%
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| apache | tomcat | 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04, 14.04, 16.04 |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
9.783%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | Debian GNU/Linux · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2015-12-27T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2016-10-03T00:00:00 |
| Patch Date | 2016-09-15 |
| Last Updated | 2024-08-05T22:48:13 |
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