CVE-2016-5425

The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, Fedora, CentOS, Oracle Linux, and possibly other Linux distributions uses weak permissions for /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group.

CVSS v3.1

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

3.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 89th percentile

Published

2016-10-13

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CVE-2016-5425.…
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139041/Apache-Tomcat-8-7-6-Privilege-Escalation.html

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/tomcat_rhel_based_te…

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40488

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2016-5399
• CVE-2016-5431
• CVE-2016-5394
• CVE-2016-5434
• CVE-2016-5385
• CVE-2016-5537