CVE-2016-6794

tomcat: system property disclosure

Severity Score

5.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

When a SecurityManager is configured, a web application's ability to read system properties should be controlled by the SecurityManager. In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70, 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 the system property replacement feature for configuration files could be used by a malicious web application to bypass the SecurityManager and read system properties that should not be visible.

Cuando se configura un SecurityManager, la capacidad de una aplicación web de leer las propiedades del sistema debería estar controlada por SecurityManager. En Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 a 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 a 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 a 8.0.36, 7.0.0 a 7.0.70, 6.0.0 a 6.0.45 la funcionalidad de reemplazo de propiedades del sistema para archivos de configuración podría ser utilizada por una aplicación web maliciosa para eludir el SecurityManager y leer propiedades del sistema que no deberían ser visibles.

It was discovered that when a SecurityManager was configured, Tomcat's system property replacement feature for configuration files could be used by a malicious web application to bypass the SecurityManager and read system properties that should not be visible.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-08-12 CVE Reserved
2017-01-24 CVE Published
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
2024-09-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (27)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93943	Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037143	Broken Link
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/09d2f2c65ac4ff5da42f15dc2b0f78b655e50f1a42e8a9784134a9eb%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html	2023-12-08

URL	Date	SRC
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html	2023-12-08
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720	2023-12-08
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455	2023-12-08
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456	2023-12-08
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247	2023-12-08
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1	2023-12-08
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6794	2017-08-01
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1390520	2017-08-01

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				>= 6.0.0 <= 6.0.45 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version " >= 6.0.0 <= 6.0.45"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				>= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.70 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version " >= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.70"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				>= 8.0 <= 8.0.36 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version " >= 8.0 <= 8.0.36"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				>= 8.5.0 <= 8.5.4 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version " >= 8.5.0 <= 8.5.4"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				9.0.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "9.0.0"		milestone1		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				9.0.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "9.0.0"		milestone2		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				9.0.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "9.0.0"		milestone3		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				9.0.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "9.0.0"		milestone4		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				9.0.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "9.0.0"		milestone5		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				9.0.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "9.0.0"		milestone6		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				9.0.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "9.0.0"		milestone7		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				9.0.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "9.0.0"		milestone8		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"				9.0.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version "9.0.0"		milestone9		Affected
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"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Jboss Enterprise Web Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jboss Enterprise Web Server"				3.0.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jboss Enterprise Web Server" and version "3.0.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus"				7.4 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus" and version "7.4"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus"				7.5 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus" and version "7.5"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus"				7.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus" and version "7.6"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus"				7.7 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus" and version "7.7"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus"				7.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus" and version "7.6"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus"				7.7 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus" and version "7.7"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Tus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus"				7.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus" and version "7.6"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Tus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus"				7.7 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus" and version "7.7"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Oncommand Insight Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Oncommand Insight"				-		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Oncommand Shift Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Oncommand Shift"				-		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Snap Creator Framework Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Snap Creator Framework"				-		-		Affected
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"		esm		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Tekelec Platform Distribution Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Tekelec Platform Distribution"				>= 7.4.0 <= 7.7.1 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Tekelec Platform Distribution" and version " >= 7.4.0 <= 7.7.1"		-		Affected