CVE-2016-5018

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    CVE-2016-5018

    Published: 10 Aug 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70 and 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 a malicious web application was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via a Tomcat utility method that was accessible to web applications.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93942, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037142, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038757, 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/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9b3a63a20c87179815fdea14f6766853bafe79a0042dc0b4aa878a9e%40%3Cannounce.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, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1551.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1548, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1549, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1550, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1552, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1/, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155873/Tomcat-9.0.0.M1-Sandbox-Escape.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- e498667bd7811e846771a852b16ce9f1e524b81b
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    9.0.0-milestone1
    9.0.0-milestone2
    9.0.0-milestone3
    9.0.0-milestone4
    9.0.0-milestone5
    9.0.0-milestone6
    9.0.0-milestone7
    9.0.0-milestone8
    9.0.0-milestone9

    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