CVE-2016-1240

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
OR cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND
OR cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

06 Feb 2023, 19:15

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References
  • (MISC) http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170857/Apache-Tomcat-On-Ubuntu-Log-Init-Privilege-Escalation.html -

Information

Published : 2016-10-03 15:59

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:46


NVD link : CVE-2016-1240

Mitre link : CVE-2016-1240

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-1240


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Products Affected

apache

  • tomcat

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

debian

  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation