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    CVE-2016-8735

    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.

    Published:Nov 22, 2016
    Last Modified:Aug 25, 2026
    EPS:Apr 6, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.90338
    CVSS Score:9.8

    CISA Notification

    Description

    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.

    Required Action:

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

    Notes:

    No extra notes provided.

    Due Date
    Jun 2, 2023
    1197 days ago
    Alert Date
    May 12, 2023
    1218 days ago

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apache
    Product
    Tomcat
    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    7-mode Transition Tool
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Oncommand Insight
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Oncommand Shift
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Snap Creator Framework
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Agile Engineering Data Management
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Agile Product Lifecycle Management
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Communications Application Session Controller
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Communications Instant Messaging Server
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Communications Interactive Session Recorder
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Hospitality Guest Access
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Micros Relate Crm Software
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Micros Retail Xbri Loss Prevention
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Mysql Enterprise Monitor
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Convenience And Fuel Pos Software
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Transportation Management
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Enterprise Web Server

    Exploits

    https://github.com/ianxtianxt/CVE-2016-8735

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-586 Object Injection

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    References

    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
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180607-0001/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1/
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
    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
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180607-0001/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1/
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
    https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-8735

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High