Vulnerability Intelligence Report
CVE-2016-9774
The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u4 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; the tomcat7 package before 7.0.28-4+deb7u8 on Debian wheezy, before 7.0.56-3+deb8u6 on Debian jessie, before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, and 16.10; and the tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u5 on Debian jessie, before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, before 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, and before 8.0.38-2ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 17.04 might allow local users with access to the tomcat account to obtain sensitive information or gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina localhost directory.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
7.8
HIGH
EPSS Probability:0.75%
Executive Threat Verdict
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | 7.0, 8.0 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 16.10 |
| apache | tomcat | 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
0.747%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | Red Hat, Inc. · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2016-12-02T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2017-03-23T16:00:00 |
| Patch Date | 2016-11-23 |
| Last Updated | 2024-08-06T02:59:03 |
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