CVE-2016-9774

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

0.75% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 52.3% 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

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2017-03-23 16:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:59Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-02

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

89e97ca30b854985d546ca861623997846aa76e0e17c13f1b3ae11d089d6b9ef

• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3177-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.securityfocus.com94643http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94643vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.debian.orgDSA-3739http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3739vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.debian.orgDSA-3738http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3738vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161202 CVE request: tomcat privilege escalations in Debian packaginghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161202 Re: CVE request: tomcat privilege escalations in Debian packaginghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/10mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3177-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845393x_refsource_CONFIRM