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CVE-2016-8656

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Description

Jboss jbossas before versions 5.2.0-23, 6.4.13, 7.0.5 is vulnerable to an unsafe file handling in the jboss init script which could result in local privilege escalation.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-9495

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8656

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1609

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3458

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3455

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3454

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96035

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0834.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0832.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0831.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0250.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0246.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0245.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0244.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-05-22

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00353

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