CVE-2016-6325

2016-10-1300:00:00

ubuntu.com

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.2 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.5%

JSON

The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 through 7, JBoss
Web Server 3.0, and JBoss EWS 2 uses weak permissions for (1)
/etc/sysconfig/tomcat and (2) /etc/tomcat/tomcat.conf, which allows local
users to gain privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group.