Description
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.
Published: 2016-10-13
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7252 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.
History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00069}

epss

{'score': 0.00093}


Subscriptions

Apache Tomcat
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Desktop Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus Enterprise Linux Server Enterprise Linux Server Aus Enterprise Linux Server Eus Enterprise Linux Workstation Jboss Enterprise Web Server Jboss Web Server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:29:18.293Z

Reserved: 2016-07-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6325

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-10-13T14:59:09.127

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-6325

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-10-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6325 - Bugzilla

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