CVE-2016-1240
Tomcat Root Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
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.
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Published Date :
Oct. 3, 2016, 3:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:46 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2016-1240 has a 8 public PoC/Exploit
available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2016-1240
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2016-1240
.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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Reproducible exploits for: CVE-2016-1240 CVE-2008-2938 CVE-2014-2064 CVE-2014-1904
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2016-1240
vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2016-1240
vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 06, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170857/Apache-Tomcat-On-Ubuntu-Log-Init-Privilege-Escalation.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539519/100/0/threaded [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539519/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 02, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 03, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40450/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93263 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Translated by [email protected]
Oct. 04, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 2 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539519/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539519/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3081-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3081-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036845 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036845 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3669 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3669 Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-20 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE CWE-20 Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670 Third Party Advisory Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3669 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3669 Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR Configuration 1 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036845 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036845 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3081-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3081-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539519/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539519/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-1240
is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-1240
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} -0.00%
score
0.07922
percentile