VDB
CVE-2016-1240
CVE-2016-1240
PUBLISHED
The Tomcat init script in the tomcat7 package before 7.0.56-3+deb8u4 and tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u3 on Debian jessie and the tomcat6 and libtomcat6-java packages before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the tomcat7 and libtomcat7-java packages before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and tomcat8 and libtomcat8-java packages before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS allows local users with access to the tomcat account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina log file, as demonstrated by /var/log/tomcat7/catalina.out.
EPSS 22.22% · 95.9th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
22.22%
95.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | tomcat8 | 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.1, 8.0.32-1, 8.0.26-1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | tomcat6 | 6.0.37-1, 6.0.39-1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | tomcat6 | 6.0.45+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1, 0, 6.0.41-4 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | tomcat7 | 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6, 7.0.50-1, 7.0.52-1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | tomcat7 | 7.0.64-1, 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.1, 7.0.68-1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- Reproducible exploits for: CVE-2016-1240 CVE-2008-2938 CVE-2014-2064 CVE-2014-1904 (github-poc-repo)
- Reproducible exploits for: CVE-2016-1240 CVE-2008-2938 CVE-2014-2064 CVE-2014-1904 (github-poc-repo)
- Reproducible exploits for: CVE-2016-1240 CVE-2008-2938 CVE-2014-2064 CVE-2014-1904 (github-poc-repo)
- Reproducible exploits for: CVE-2016-1240 CVE-2008-2938 CVE-2014-2064 CVE-2014-1904 (github-poc-repo)
- Reproducible exploits for: CVE-2016-1240 CVE-2008-2938 CVE-2014-2064 CVE-2014-1904 (github-poc-repo)
- CVE-2016-1240 exploit and patch (github-poc-repo)
- CVE-2016-1240 exploit and patch (github-poc-repo)
- CVE-2016-1240 exploit and patch (github-poc-repo)
- CVE-2016-1240 exploit and patch (github-poc-repo)
- CVE-2016-1240 exploit and patch (github-poc-repo)
…and 13 more exploits
Timeline
- Sep 16, 2016 CVE Published
- Oct 1, 2016 PoC Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 6, 2023 PoC Published
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 17, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 20, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 27, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 30, 2025 EPSS Score
- May 1, 2025 EPSS Score
- May 4, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1240 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3081-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3081-2 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1240 third-party-advisory