01 Record
CVE-2016-5425
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 3.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.5% 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:3.1/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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-10-13 14:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:00Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-06-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- fe787d980b71597e7e36c9a146ed07bad6d097bfba2f5c5405fd85070434369a
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1036979http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036979
- www.securityfocus.com93472http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93472
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139041/Apache-Tomcat-8-7-6-Privilege-Escalation.html
- legalhackers.comhttp://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CVE-2016-5425.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161010 CVE-2016-5425 - Apache Tomcat packaging on RedHat-based distros - Root Privilege Escalation (affecting CentOS, Fedora, OracleLinux, RedHat etc.)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/2
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2046http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2046.html
- www.exploit-db.com40488https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40488/
- lists.apache.org[activemq-issues] 20190925 [jira] [Created] (AMQ-7310) Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat-websocket-api.jarhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b414817c2b0bf351138911c8c922ec5dd577ebc0b9a7f42d705752d%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html