Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2016-1240 — Improper Input Validation in Apache Tomcat

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-284 — Improper Access Control13 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
22.1%
top 4.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
1
Apache Tomcat
Timeline
PublishedOct 3
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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 Ca…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDapache/tomcat6.0, 7.0, 8.0+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-8c5c-v572-37xf: The Tomcat init script in the tomcat7 package before 7↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2016-1240: The Tomcat init script in the tomcat7 package before 7↗2016-10-03
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OSV
tomcat6, tomcat7, tomcat8 vulnerability↗2016-09-19
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OSV
CVE-2016-1240: The Tomcat init script in the tomcat7 package before 7↗2016-09-16
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
Apache Tomcat 8/7/6 (Debian-Based Distros) - Local Privilege Escalation↗2016-10-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Tomcat vulnerability↗2020-10-27
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Ubuntu
Tomcat vulnerability↗2016-09-19
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Red Hat
tomcat: unsafe chown of catalina.log in tomcat init script allows privilege escalation↗2016-09-15
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Red Hat
jboss: jbossas: unsafe chown of server.log in jboss init script allows privilege escalation↗2016-09-15
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1240 tomcat: unsafe chown of catalina.log in tomcat init script allows privilege escalation↗2016-09-16
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1240 tomcat: Local privilege escalation via unsafe file handling in the Tomcat init script [epel-6]↗2016-09-16
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1240 tomcat: Local privilege escalation via unsafe file handling in the Tomcat init script [fedora-all]↗2016-09-16
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