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high 7.8

CVE-2016-6325 json

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…

published 2016-10-13 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-7252

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • tomcat7 jboss enterprise web server 3.1 7.0.70-16.ep7.el7
  • tomcat8 jboss enterprise web server 3.1 8.0.36-17.ep7.el7
  • mod_cluster jboss enterprise web server 3.1 1.3.5-2.Final_redhat_2.1.ep7.el7
  • tomcat7-lib jboss enterprise web server 3.1 7.0.70-16.ep7.el7
  • tomcat8-lib jboss enterprise web server 3.1 8.0.36-17.ep7.el7
  • tomcat-vault jboss enterprise web server 3.1 1.0.8-9.Final_redhat_2.1.ep7.el7
  • tomcat7-jsvc jboss enterprise web server 3.1 7.0.70-16.ep7.el7
  • tomcat8-jsvc jboss enterprise web server 3.1 8.0.36-17.ep7.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:0456RHSA-2017:0455RHSA-2016:2045RHSA-2016:2046

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-6325 updated cvss 7.8

tomcat: tomcat writable config files allow privilege escalation

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 tomcat5 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 tomcat
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 3 tomcat
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-servlet-3.0-api 7.0.54-8.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-lib 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-jsvc 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-javadoc 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-webapps 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-el-2.2-api 7.0.54-8.el7_2, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-servlet-3.0-api 7.0.54-8.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-lib 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-jsvc 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-javadoc 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-webapps 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-el-2.2-api 7.0.54-8.el7_2, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2046
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) tomcat6 6.0.24-98.el6_8, tomcat6-lib 6.0.24-98.el6_8, tomcat6-javadoc 6.0.24-98.el6_8, tomcat6-webapps 6.0.24-98.el6_8, tomcat6-el-2.1-api 6.0.24-98.el6_8, tomcat6-docs-webapp 6.0.24-98.el6_8, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) tomcat6 6.0.24-98.el6_8, tomcat6-lib 6.0.24-98.el6_8, tomcat6-javadoc 6.0.24-98.el6_8, tomcat6-webapps 6.0.24-98.el6_8, tomcat6-el-2.1-api 6.0.24-98.el6_8, tomcat6-docs-webapp 6.0.24-98.el6_8, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) tomcat6 6.0.24-98.el6_8, tomcat6-lib 6.0.24-98.el6_8, tomcat6-javadoc 6.0.24-98.el6_8, tomcat6-webapps 6.0.24-98.el6_8, tomcat6-el-2.1-api 6.0.24-98.el6_8, tomcat6-docs-webapp 6.0.24-98.el6_8, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2045
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-lib 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-webapps 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-el-2.2-api 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-jsp-2.2-api 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-admin-webapps 7.0.54-8.el7_2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-lib 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-jsvc 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-javadoc 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-webapps 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-el-2.2-api 7.0.54-8.el7_2, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2046
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) tomcat6 6.0.24-98.el6_8, tomcat6-lib 6.0.24-98.el6_8, tomcat6-javadoc 6.0.24-98.el6_8, tomcat6-webapps 6.0.24-98.el6_8, tomcat6-el-2.1-api 6.0.24-98.el6_8, tomcat6-docs-webapp 6.0.24-98.el6_8, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2045
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-lib 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-webapps 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-el-2.2-api 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-jsp-2.2-api 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-admin-webapps 7.0.54-8.el7_2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) tomcat-jsvc 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-javadoc 7.0.54-8.el7_2, tomcat-docs-webapp 7.0.54-8.el7_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2046
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0457
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  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 for RHEL 6 tomcat7 7.0.70-16.ep7.el6, tomcat8 8.0.36-17.ep7.el6, tomcat7-lib 7.0.70-16.ep7.el6, tomcat8-lib 8.0.36-17.ep7.el6, tomcat7-jsvc 7.0.70-16.ep7.el6, tomcat8-jsvc 8.0.36-17.ep7.el6, +31 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0455
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 for RHEL 7 tomcat7 7.0.70-16.ep7.el7, tomcat8 8.0.36-17.ep7.el7, tomcat7-lib 7.0.70-16.ep7.el7, tomcat8-lib 8.0.36-17.ep7.el7, tomcat7-jsvc 7.0.70-16.ep7.el7, tomcat8-jsvc 8.0.36-17.ep7.el7, +31 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0456

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Exploit prediction

0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.