CVE-2016-8656 (GCVE-0-2016-8656)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-05-22 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:27
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Jboss jbossas before versions 5.2.0-23, 6.4.13, 7.0.5 is vulnerable to an unsafe file handling in the jboss init script which could result in local privilege escalation.
Severity
CWE
Assigner
References
13 references
Impacted products
Date Public
2016-11-30 00:00
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