CVE-2016-9774

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
The postinst script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u4 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; the tomcat7 package before 7.0.28-4+deb7u8 on Debian wheezy, before 7.0.56-3+deb8u6 on Debian jessie, before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, and 16.10; and the tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u5 on Debian jessie, before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, before 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, and before 8.0.38-2ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 17.04 might allow local users with access to the tomcat account to obtain sensitive information or gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina localhost directory.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-9774
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-03-23T16:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-08-02T01:29:01
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
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
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
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845393 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94643 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/5 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/10 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3739 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3738 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9774
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9774
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:40:38 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 15:01:37 2017-03-23T16:59Z 2017-03-23T16:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 15:01:37 2018-08-02T01:29:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 15:01:37 Modified Vulnerability Status updated