Security restrictions bypass in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2016-5018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU1093

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5018

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

The vulnerability allows an application to bypass security manager restrictions on the target system.
The weakness improper access control. By invoking a certain Tomcat utility method, a malicious application can bypass a configured SecurityManager.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in security bypass.

Apache Tomcat
Ubuntu
libservlet2.5-java (Ubuntu package)
jboss-ec2-eap (Red Hat package)
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance

Update to version 6.0.47, 7.0.72, 8.0.37, 8.5.5, 9.0.0.M10.

libservlet2.5-java (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.0.45+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
jboss-ec2-eap (Red Hat package) - update to 7.5.16-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el6
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - addressed in versions 13.0.0.2.29, 13.1.0.2.20

• Exploit #5815 - Tomcat proprietaryEvaluate 9.0.0.M1 - Sandbox Escape (June 17, 2021)

• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat JBoss
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
• Ubuntu update for tomcat6
• Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 update for jboss-ec2-eap