Detections
Analytics
CVE-2016-5425
high
Description
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.
References
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40488/
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036979
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93472
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html