CVE-2016-9775

EUVD-2016-10576
The postrm script in the tomcat6 package before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u3 on Debian wheezy, before 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb8u1 on Debian jessie, before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; the tomcat7 package before 7.0.28-4+deb7u7 on Debian wheezy, before 7.0.56-3+deb8u6 on Debian jessie, before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, and 16.10; and the tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u5 on Debian jessie, before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, before 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, and before 8.0.38-2ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 17.04 might allow local users with access to the tomcat account to gain root privileges via a setgid program in the Catalina directory, as demonstrated by /etc/tomcat8/Catalina/attack.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 29%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
debiandebian_linux
7.0
debiandebian_linux
8.0
canonicalubuntu_linux
12.04
canonicalubuntu_linux
14.04
canonicalubuntu_linux
16.04
canonicalubuntu_linux
16.10
apachetomcat
6.0
apachetomcat
7.0
apachetomcat
8.0
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= Vulnerable software versions
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Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
tomcat6
artful
dne
bionic
dne
cosmic
dne
disco
dne
eoan
dne
focal
dne
groovy
dne
hirsute
dne
impish
dne
jammy
dne
kinetic
dne
lunar
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
precise
Fixed 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.9
released
trusty
needed
xenial
not-affected
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
tomcat7
artful
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
cosmic
not-affected
disco
dne
eoan
dne
focal
dne
groovy
dne
hirsute
dne
impish
dne
jammy
dne
kinetic
dne
lunar
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
precise
ignored
trusty
Fixed 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8
released
xenial
Fixed 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.3
released
yakkety
ignored
zesty
not-affected
tomcat8
artful
Fixed 8.0.38-2ubuntu1
released
bionic
Fixed 8.0.38-2ubuntu1
released
cosmic
Fixed 8.0.38-2ubuntu1
released
disco
dne
eoan
dne
focal
dne
groovy
dne
hirsute
dne
impish
dne
jammy
dne
kinetic
dne
lunar
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
precise
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
Fixed 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3
released
yakkety
Fixed 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1
released
zesty
Fixed 8.0.38-2ubuntu1
released
Common Weakness Enumeration