CVE-2016-1240
high-risk
Published 2016-10-03
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.
Do I need to act?
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22.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 78% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.8/10
High
LOCAL
/ LOW complexity
Affected Vendors
References (28)
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3669
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036845
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3081-1
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3669
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670
and 8 more references
54
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
24/34 · High
Exploitability
21/34 · High
Exposure
9/34 · Low