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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2016-8735

CVE-2016-8735

CRITICAL9.8

Remote code execution is possible with Apache Tomcat before 6

Published Apr 6, 2017

Modified 7 months ago

Details

Remote code execution is possible with Apache Tomcat before 6.0.48, 7.x before 7.0.73, 8.x before 8.0.39, 8.5.x before 8.5.7, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M12 if JmxRemoteLifecycleListener is used and an attacker can reach JMX ports. The issue exists because this listener wasn't updated for consistency with the CVE-2016-3427 Oracle patch that affected credential types.

References(38)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/502

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1767644

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1767656

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1767676

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1767684

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html

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

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3738

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94463

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037331

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

9.8/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedApr 6, 2017

ModifiedOct 21, 2025

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