CVE-2016-6325

N/A
Published: October 13, 2016 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTomcat· also runs on 10 platforms

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 through 7, JBoss Web Server 3.0, and JBoss EWS 2 uses weak permissions for (1) /etc/sysconfig/tomcat and (2) /etc/tomcat/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
redhat-enterprise-linux (environment) · redhat-enterprise-linux-desktop (environment) · redhat-enterprise-linux-hpc-node (environment) · redhat-enterprise-linux-hpc-node-eus (environment) · redhat-enterprise-linux-server (environment) · redhat-enterprise-linux-server-aus (environment) · redhat-enterprise-linux-server-eus (environment) · redhat-enterprise-linux-workstation (environment) · redhat-jboss-enterprise-web-server (environment) · redhat-jboss-web-server (environment)

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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