High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 13, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-5425
CVE-2016-5425
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.
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Affected products
5- osv-coords2 versions
< 0+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CVE-2016-5425.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/139041/Apache-Tomcat-8-7-6-Privilege-Escalation.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2046.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93472nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036979nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40488/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b414817c2b0bf351138911c8c922ec5dd577ebc0b9a7f42d705752d%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3Envd
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