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CVE-2016-1240

tomcat: unsafe chown of catalina.log in tomcat init script allows privilege escalation

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 15, 2016

Updated · August 5, 2026

Description

It was reported that the Tomcat init script performed unsafe file handling, which could result in local privilege escalation.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.0 · 6.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWE-284 · Improper Access Control