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{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/84856?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-ph7z-4q8j-kqbf", "summary": "tomcat: Local privilege escalation via systemd-tmpfiles service", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2016-5425" } ], "fixed_packages": [], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/113667?format=api", "purl": "pkg:rpm/redhat/tomcat@7.0.54-8?arch=el7_2", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-7cpu-h5fr-8ffd" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-c12c-fsy1-17ee" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-kyb8-rvyw-s7b1" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-msy8-g5w8-afbd" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ph7z-4q8j-kqbf" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:rpm/redhat/tomcat@7.0.54-8%3Farch=el7_2" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-5425.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "7.0", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H" } ], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-5425.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5425", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.11552", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.93594", "published_at": "2026-04-01T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.11552", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.93604", "published_at": "2026-04-02T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.11552", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.93613", "published_at": "2026-04-04T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.11552", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.93614", "published_at": "2026-04-07T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.11552", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.93623", "published_at": "2026-04-08T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.11552", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.93626", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.11552", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.93631", "published_at": "2026-04-12T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.11552", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.93632", "published_at": "2026-04-13T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.11552", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.9365", "published_at": "2026-04-16T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.11552", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.93656", "published_at": "2026-04-18T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5425" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362545", "reference_id": "1362545", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362545" }, { "reference_url": "http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CVE-2016-5425.html", "reference_id": "CVE-2016-5425", "reference_type": "exploit", "scores": [], "url": "http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CVE-2016-5425.html" }, { "reference_url": "https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/40488.txt", "reference_id": "CVE-2016-5425", "reference_type": "exploit", "scores": [], "url": "https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/40488.txt" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 284, "name": "Improper Access Control", "description": "The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor." } ], "exploits": [ { "date_added": "2016-10-10", "description": "Apache Tomcat 8/7/6 (RedHat Based Distros) - Local Privilege Escalation", "required_action": null, "due_date": null, "notes": null, "known_ransomware_campaign_use": false, "source_date_published": "2016-10-10", "exploit_type": "local", "platform": "linux", "source_date_updated": "2016-10-10", "data_source": "Exploit-DB", "source_url": "http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CVE-2016-5425.html" }, { "date_added": null, "description": "This module exploits a vulnerability in RedHat based systems where\n improper file permissions are applied to /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat.conf\n for Apache Tomcat versions before 7.0.54-8. This may also work against\n\n The configuration files in tmpfiles.d are used by systemd-tmpfiles to manage\n temporary files including their creation.\n\n With this weak permission, we're able to inject commands into systemd-tmpfiles\n service to write a cron job to execute our payload.\n\n systemd-tmpfiles is executed by default on boot on RedHat-based systems\n through systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service. Depending on the system in use,\n the execution of systemd-tmpfiles could also be triggered by other\n services, cronjobs, startup scripts etc.\n\n This module was tested against Tomcat 7.0.54-3 on Fedora 21.", "required_action": null, "due_date": null, "notes": "Stability:\n - crash-safe\nReliability:\n - repeatable-session\nSideEffects:\n - artifacts-on-disk\n - config-changes\n - ioc-in-logs\n", "known_ransomware_campaign_use": false, "source_date_published": "2016-10-10", "exploit_type": null, "platform": "Linux", "source_date_updated": null, "data_source": "Metasploit", "source_url": "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/tomcat_rhel_based_temp_priv_esc.rb" } ], "severity_range_score": "7.0 - 7.0", "exploitability": "2.0", "weighted_severity": "6.3", "risk_score": 10.0, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-ph7z-4q8j-kqbf" }