HIGH
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.
http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CVE-2016-5425.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139041/Apache-Tomcat-8-7-6-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2046.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/2
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93472
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036979
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40488/
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
Source: MITRE
Published: 2016-10-13
Updated: 2019-12-27
Type: CWE-264
Base Score: 7.2
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Impact Score: 10
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: HIGH
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: HIGH