CVE-2016-1240

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-1240
  • Assigner
  • security@debian.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-10-03T15:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-06T19:15:09
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-DebPkgs-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit-CVE-2016-1240.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170857/Apache-Tomcat-On-Ubuntu-Log-Init-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3669 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539519/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93263
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036845 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3081-1 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40450/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1240
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1240
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:33:53 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:25:27 2016-10-03T15:59Z 2016-10-03T15:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:25:27 2018-10-09T19:59:03 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:25:27 Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-06 20:06:06 2023-02-06T19:15:09 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-06 20:06:07 References updated