{ "id": "CVE-2016-1240", "sourceIdentifier": "security@debian.org", "published": "2016-10-03T15:59:00.207", "lastModified": "2023-02-06T19:15:09.310", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "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." }, { "lang": "es", "value": "El inicio de secuencia de comandos de Tomcat en el paquete tomcat7 en versiones anteriores 7.0.56-3+deb8u4 y el paquete tomcat8 en versiones anteriores 8.0.14-1+deb8u3 en Debian jessie y los paquetes tomcat6 y libtomcat6-java en versiones anteriores 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8 en Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, los paquetes tomcat7 y libtomcat7-java en versiones anteriores 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7 en Ubuntu 14.04 LTS y los paquetes tomcat8 y libtomcat8-java en versiones anteriores 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2 en Ubuntu 16.04 LTS permite a usuarios locales con acceso a la cuenta tomcat obtener privilegios de root a trav\u00e9s de un ataque de enlace simb\u00f3lico en archivo de registro Catalina, seg\u00fan lo demostrado por /var/log/tomcat7/catalina.out." } ], "metrics": { "cvssMetricV30": [ { "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "cvssData": { "version": "3.0", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "userInteraction": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, 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"8B0EA906-ABCC-438A-8D52-4F07C0307EC9" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "E6CE354B-36BE-4280-9D86-E3AC552E6D6D" } ] }, { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": false, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "C11E6FB0-C8C0-4527-9AA0-CB9B316F8F43" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-DebPkgs-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit-CVE-2016-1240.html", "source": "security@debian.org" }, { "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170857/Apache-Tomcat-On-Ubuntu-Log-Init-Privilege-Escalation.html", "source": "security@debian.org" }, { "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html", "source": "security@debian.org" }, { "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3669", "source": "security@debian.org", "tags": [ "Third Party Advisory" ] }, { "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670", "source": "security@debian.org", "tags": [ "Third Party Advisory" ] }, { "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539519/100/0/threaded", "source": "security@debian.org" }, { "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93263", "source": "security@debian.org" }, { "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036845", "source": "security@debian.org", "tags": [ "Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry" ] }, { "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3081-1", "source": "security@debian.org", "tags": [ "Third Party Advisory" ] }, { "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455", "source": "security@debian.org" }, { "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456", "source": "security@debian.org" }, { "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09", "source": "security@debian.org" }, { "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/", "source": "security@debian.org" }, { "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40450/", "source": "security@debian.org" } ] }