cve/2016/CVE-2016-5425.md

CVE-2016-5425

Description

The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, Fedora, CentOS, Oracle Linux, and possibly other Linux distributions uses weak permissions for /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group.

POC

Reference

• http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CVE-2016-5425.html
• http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-based-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit.txt
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139041/Apache-Tomcat-8-7-6-Privilege-Escalation.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40488/
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html

Github

• https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
• https://github.com/starnightcyber/vul-info-collect