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CVE-2016-5425

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 3.78% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-10-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects Linux, Oracle. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2016-5425
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
3.78%
Linux Oracle

Original NVD Description

The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, Fedora, CentOS, Oracle Linux, and possibly other Linux distributions uses weak permissions for /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group.