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CVE-2016-5425

CVE-2016-5425

EPSS 3.8%
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.
Affected products
n/a · n/a
public PoCs found — 3
cve_referencepacketstormsecurity.com/files/139041/Apache-Tomcat-8-7-6-Privilege-Escalation.htmlunverifiedcve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/40488/unverifiedexploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/40488unverified
⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.

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References
http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CVE-2016-5425.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139041/Apache-Tomcat-8-7-6-Privilege-Escalation.htmlhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2046.htmlhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b414817c2b0bf351138911c8c922ec5dd577ebc0b9a7f42d705752d%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3Ehttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40488/https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.htmlhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/2http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93472http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036979