CVE-2016-9775

The postrm script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u3 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb8u1 on Debian jessie, before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; the tomcat7 package before 7.0.28-4+deb7u7 on Debian wheezy, before 7.0.56-3+deb8u6 on Debian jessie, before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, and 16.10; and the tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u5 on Debian jessie, before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, before 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, and before 8.0.38-2ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 17.04 might allow local users with access to the tomcat account to gain root privileges via a setgid program in the Catalina directory, as demonstrated by /etc/tomcat8/Catalina/attack.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845385	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-2	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3177-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/5	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/10	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3739	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3738	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94643	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

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:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.10:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2017-03-23 09:59

Updated : 2021-06-14 11:15

NVD link : CVE-2016-9775

Mitre link : CVE-2016-9775

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

canonical

ubuntu_linux

apache

tomcat

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7.8 /10