CVE-2016-5018
CRITICAL 9.1EPSS 10.3%
In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70 and 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 a malicious web application was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via a Tomcat utility method that was accessible to web applications.
- Affected
- Apache Software Foundation · Apache Tomcat
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 9.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - EPSS
- 10.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile
- Published
- 2017-08-10
- Updated
- 2026-10-08
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
Security advisories
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1551.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1548
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1549
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1550
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1552
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- advisories/GHSA-4v3g-g84w-hv7r
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93942