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CVE-2016-8656 Detail

Description

Jboss jbossas before versions 5.2.0-23, 6.4.13, 7.0.5 is vulnerable to an unsafe file handling in the jboss init script which could result in local privilege escalation.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0244.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0245.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0246.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0250.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0831.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0832.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0834.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96035 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3454 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3455 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3458 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1609 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8656 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-284 Improper Access Control Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-8656
NVD Published Date:
05/22/2018
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.