Advisory details:
vulnrichment / CVE-2016-8735
| Advisory ID | vulnrichment/CVE-2016-8735 |
| Aliases | |
| Summary | Remote code execution is possible with Apache Tomcat before 6.0.48, 7.x before 7.0.73, 8.x before 8.0.39, 8.5.x before 8.5.7, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M12 if JmxRemoteLifecycleListener is used and an attacker can reach JMX ports. The issue exists because this listener wasn't updated for consistency with the CVE-2016-3427 Oracle patch that affected credential types. |
| Status | Published |
| Exploitability | 0.5 |
| Weighted Severity | 0.0 |
| Risk | |
| Affected and Fixed Packages | Package Details |
| Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches | Package Commit Patches Details |
| There are no known CWE. |
| System | Score | Found at |
|---|---|---|
| cvssv3.1 | 9.8 | |
| ssvc | Act |
| Data source | KEV |
|---|---|
| Date added | May 12, 2023 |
| Description | Apache Tomcat contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for remote code execution if JmxRemoteLifecycleListener is used and an attacker can reach Java Management Extension (JMX) ports. This CVE exists because this listener wasn't updated for consistency with the Oracle patched issues for CVE-2016-3427 which affected credential types. |
| Required action | Apply updates per vendor instructions. |
| Due date | June 2, 2023 |
| Note | https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8735 |
| Ransomware campaign use | Unknown |
No EPSS data available for this advisory.
| Patch URL | |
|---|---|
| There are no known patches. | |
| Attack Vector (AV) | Attack Complexity (AC) | Privileges Required (PR) | User Interaction (UI) | Scope (S) | Confidentiality Impact (C) | Integrity Impact (I) | Availability Impact (A) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
network adjacent_network local physical |
low high |
none low high |
none required |
unchanged changed |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
Vector: SSVCv2/E:A/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:C/2025-02-04T18:48:04Z/
Decision: Act
Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2016/8xxx/CVE-2016-8735.json
Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2016-8735
[{'Exploitation': 'active'},
{'Automatable': 'yes'},
{'Technical Impact': 'total'},
{'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
{'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
{'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]