Privilege Escalation in Oracle Linux - CVE-2016-5425
Published: October 10, 2016 / Updated: March 14, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU821
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5425
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Oracle
Affected software:
Oracle Linux
Oracle Linux
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to obtain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to access contror error. A malicious user with 'tomcat' user privileges can modify the 'tomcat.conf'that will let him execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will allow the local attacker to obtain elevated privileges that may lead to vulnerable system compromising.