7.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-8656
Jboss Jbossas Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

Jboss jbossas before versions 5.2.0-23, 6.4.13, 7.0.5 is vulnerable to an unsafe file handling in the jboss init script which could result in local privilege escalation.

INFO

Published Date :

May 22, 2018, 5:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:36 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-8656 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-8656 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.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-284
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 27, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0246.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0246.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0250.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0250.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0831.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0831.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0834.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0834.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0244.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0244.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3454 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3454 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96035 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96035 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3455 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3455 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1609 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1609 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0832.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0832.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3458 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3458 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8656 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8656 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0245.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0245.html Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 24, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1609 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3458 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3455 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3454 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96035 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0834.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0832.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0831.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0250.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0246.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0245.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0244.html [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-8656 is associated with the following CWEs:

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

0.08236

percentile

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