CVE-2016-1240

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

9.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 95.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-10-03 00:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 22:48Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-27

Assigning CNA

debian

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar

Data version

5.1

Document digest

080a12e3872d87903c4384de0dcbc738c61ffdf8797e36876e0093d694954ab0

• www.securitytracker.com1036845http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036845vdb-entry
• www.debian.orgDSA-3670http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670vendor-advisory
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201705-09https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09vendor-advisory
• legalhackers.comhttp://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-DebPkgs-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit-CVE-2016-1240.html
• www.securityfocus.com93263http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93263vdb-entry
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0457http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.htmlvendor-advisory
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/
• www.exploit-db.com40450https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40450/exploit
• www.debian.orgDSA-3669http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3669vendor-advisory
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0455https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455vendor-advisory
• www.securityfocus.com20161001 CVE-2016-1240 - Tomcat packaging on Debian-based distros - Local Root Privilege Escalationhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539519/100/0/threadedmailing-list
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0456https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456vendor-advisory
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3081-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3081-1vendor-advisory
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170857/Apache-Tomcat-On-Ubuntu-Log-Init-Privilege-Escalation.html