CVE-2016-1240
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 3, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 27, 2015
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 1036845vdb-entry
- DSA-3670vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201705-09vendor-advisory
- http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-DebPkgs-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit-CVE-2016-1240.html
- 93263vdb-entry
- RHSA-2017:0457vendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/
- 40450exploit
- DSA-3669vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:0455vendor-advisory
- 20161001 CVE-2016-1240 - Tomcat packaging on Debian-based distros - Local Root Privilege Escalationmailing-list
- RHSA-2017:0456vendor-advisory
- USN-3081-1vendor-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170857/Apache-Tomcat-On-Ubuntu-Log-Init-Privilege-Escalation.html
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