CVE-2016-1240

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"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH"}, "impactScore": 5.9, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8}]}, "published": "2016-10-03T15:59:00.207", "references": [{"url": "http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-DebPkgs-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit-CVE-2016-1240.html", "source": "security@debian.org"}, {"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170857/Apache-Tomcat-On-Ubuntu-Log-Init-Privilege-Escalation.html", "source": "security@debian.org"}, {"url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html", "source": "security@debian.org"}, {"url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3669", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "source": "security@debian.org"}, {"url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "source": "security@debian.org"}, {"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539519/100/0/threaded", "source": "security@debian.org"}, {"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93263", "source": "security@debian.org"}, {"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036845", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "source": "security@debian.org"}, {"url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3081-1", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "source": "security@debian.org"}, {"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455", "source": "security@debian.org"}, {"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456", "source": "security@debian.org"}, {"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09", "source": "security@debian.org"}, {"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/", "source": "security@debian.org"}, {"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40450/", "source": "security@debian.org"}], "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-20"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "El inicio de secuencia de comandos de Tomcat en el paquete tomcat7 en versiones anteriores 7.0.56-3+deb8u4 y el paquete tomcat8 en versiones anteriores 8.0.14-1+deb8u3 en Debian jessie y los paquetes tomcat6 y libtomcat6-java en versiones anteriores 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8 en Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, los paquetes tomcat7 y libtomcat7-java en versiones anteriores 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7 en Ubuntu 14.04 LTS y los paquetes tomcat8 y libtomcat8-java en versiones anteriores 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2 en Ubuntu 16.04 LTS permite a usuarios locales con acceso a la cuenta tomcat obtener privilegios de root a trav\u00e9s de un ataque de enlace simb\u00f3lico en archivo de registro Catalina, seg\u00fan lo demostrado por /var/log/tomcat7/catalina.out."}], "lastModified": "2023-02-06T19:15:09.310", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "D11D6FB7-CBDB-48C1-98CB-1B3CAA36C5D7"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "8B0EA906-ABCC-438A-8D52-4F07C0307EC9"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "E6CE354B-36BE-4280-9D86-E3AC552E6D6D"}], "operator": "OR"}, {"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*", "vulnerable": false, "matchCriteriaId": "B6B7CAD7-9D4E-4FDB-88E3-1E583210A01F"}, {"criteria": 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