CVE-2016-1240
Apache Tomcat 8/7/6 (Debian-Based Distros) - Local Privilege Escalation
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
1Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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.
El inicio de secuencia de comandos de Tomcat en el paquete tomcat7 en versiones anteriores 7.0.56-3+deb8u4 y el paquete tomcat8 en versiones anteriores 8.0.14-1+deb8u3 en Debian jessie y los paquetes tomcat6 y libtomcat6-java en versiones anteriores 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8 en Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, los paquetes tomcat7 y libtomcat7-java en versiones anteriores 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7 en Ubuntu 14.04 LTS y los paquetes tomcat8 y libtomcat8-java en versiones anteriores 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2 en Ubuntu 16.04 LTS permite a usuarios locales con acceso a la cuenta tomcat obtener privilegios de root a través de un ataque de enlace simbólico en archivo de registro Catalina, según lo demostrado por /var/log/tomcat7/catalina.out.
It was reported that the Tomcat init script performed unsafe file handling, which could result in local privilege escalation.
Apache Tomcat versions 8.0.36-2 and below, 7.0.70-2 and below, and 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb8ul and below suffer from a local root privilege escalation vulnerability.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2015-12-27 CVE Reserved
- 2016-09-16 CVE Published
- 2023-07-08 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-05 First Exploit
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
- CWE-284: Improper Access Control
CAPEC
References (16)
URL | Date | SRC |
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https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40450 | 2024-08-05 |
URL | Date | SRC |
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URL | Date | SRC |
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html | 2023-02-06 | |
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3669 | 2023-02-06 | |
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670 | 2023-02-06 | |
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3081-1 | 2023-02-06 | |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455 | 2023-02-06 | |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456 | 2023-02-06 | |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09 | 2023-02-06 | |
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1240 | 2017-03-07 | |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1376712 | 2017-03-07 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
Apache Search vendor "Apache" | Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" | 6.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0" | - |
Affected
| in | Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04" | lts |
Safe
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Apache Search vendor "Apache" | Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" | 6.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0" | - |
Affected
| in | Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04" | lts |
Safe
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Apache Search vendor "Apache" | Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" | 6.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "6.0" | - |
Affected
| in | Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04" | lts |
Safe
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Apache Search vendor "Apache" | Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" | 7.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "7.0" | - |
Affected
| in | Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04" | lts |
Safe
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Apache Search vendor "Apache" | Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" | 7.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "7.0" | - |
Affected
| in | Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04" | lts |
Safe
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Apache Search vendor "Apache" | Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" | 7.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "7.0" | - |
Affected
| in | Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04" | lts |
Safe
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Apache Search vendor "Apache" | Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" | 8.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "8.0" | - |
Affected
| in | Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04" | lts |
Safe
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Apache Search vendor "Apache" | Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" | 8.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "8.0" | - |
Affected
| in | Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04" | lts |
Safe
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Apache Search vendor "Apache" | Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" | 8.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "8.0" | - |
Affected
| in | Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04" | lts |
Safe
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Apache Search vendor "Apache" | Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" | 7.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "7.0" | - |
Affected
| in | Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
Safe
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Apache Search vendor "Apache" | Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" | 8.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "8.0" | - |
Affected
| in | Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
Safe
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