ghsa-8c5c-v572-37xf
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 02:47
Modified
2025-04-12 13:04
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-1240"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-10-03T15:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-8c5c-v572-37xf",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T13:04:54Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T02:47:05Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1240"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40450"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-DebPkgs-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit-CVE-2016-1240.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170857/Apache-Tomcat-On-Ubuntu-Log-Init-Privilege-Escalation.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3669"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539519/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93263"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036845"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3081-1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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