CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3. It affects Apache.
CVE
CVE-2016-6794
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.3
EPSS
7.15%
Apache
Original NVD 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.
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