CVE-2016-6794

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: August 10, 2017 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: October 15, 2026 at 04:17 PM UTC
14 products affected across 6 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux Desktop

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

When a SecurityManager is configured, a web application's ability to read system properties should be controlled by the SecurityManager. In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70, 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 the system property replacement feature for configuration files could be used by a malicious web application to bypass the SecurityManager and read system properties that should not be visible.

Affected

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

References (25)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93943
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037143
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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