CVE-2016-5018 (GCVE-0-2016-5018)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-08-10 16:00
Modified
2024-09-16 18:38
Severity ?
CWE
  • Sandbox Escape
Summary
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
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1548 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1549 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93942 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1552 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038757 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1551.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9b3a63a20c87179815fdea14f6766853bafe79a0042dc0b4aa878a9e%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037142 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1550 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155873/Tomcat-9.0.0.M1-Sandbox-Escape.html x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat Version: 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9
Version: 8.5.0 to 8.5.4
Version: 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36
Version: 7.0.0 to 7.0.70
Version: 6.0.0 to 6.0.45
Create a notification for this product.
Show details on NVD website


{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T00:46:40.222Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "name": "RHSA-2017:1548",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_REDHAT",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1548"
          },
          {
            "name": "RHSA-2017:1549",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_REDHAT",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1549"
          },
          {
            "name": "93942",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_BID",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93942"
          },
          {
            "name": "RHSA-2017:1552",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_REDHAT",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1552"
          },
          {
            "name": "1038757",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_SECTRACK",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038757"
          },
          {
            "name": "RHSA-2017:2247",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_REDHAT",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247"
          },
          {
            "name": "RHSA-2017:1551",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_REDHAT",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1551.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "[announce] 20161027 [SECURITY] CVE-2016-5018 Apache Tomcat Security Manager Bypass",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9b3a63a20c87179815fdea14f6766853bafe79a0042dc0b4aa878a9e%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
          },
          {
            "name": "1037142",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_SECTRACK",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037142"
          },
          {
            "name": "RHSA-2017:0457",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_REDHAT",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "RHSA-2017:0455",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_REDHAT",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455"
          },
          {
            "name": "RHSA-2017:1550",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_REDHAT",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1550"
          },
          {
            "name": "DSA-3720",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_DEBIAN",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720"
          },
          {
            "name": "RHSA-2017:0456",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_REDHAT",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456"
          },
          {
            "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [25/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
          },
          {
            "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [23/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
          },
          {
            "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [22/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
          },
          {
            "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [24/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
          },
          {
            "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [21/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
          },
          {
            "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [16/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
          },
          {
            "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [15/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
          },
          {
            "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [17/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
          },
          {
            "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [16/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
          },
          {
            "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [23/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
          },
          {
            "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [27/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
          },
          {
            "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [26/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
          },
          {
            "name": "USN-4557-1",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_UBUNTU",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1/"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001/"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_MISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_MISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155873/Tomcat-9.0.0.M1-Sandbox-Escape.html"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "Apache Tomcat",
          "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9"
            },
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "8.5.0 to 8.5.4"
            },
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36"
            },
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "7.0.0 to 7.0.70"
            },
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "6.0.0 to 6.0.45"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "datePublic": "2016-10-27T00:00:00",
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "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."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "Sandbox Escape",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2021-10-20T10:37:49",
        "orgId": "f0158376-9dc2-43b6-827c-5f631a4d8d09",
        "shortName": "apache"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "name": "RHSA-2017:1548",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_REDHAT"
          ],
          "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1548"
        },
        {
          "name": "RHSA-2017:1549",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_REDHAT"
          ],
          "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1549"
        },
        {
          "name": "93942",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_BID"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93942"
        },
        {
          "name": "RHSA-2017:1552",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_REDHAT"
          ],
          "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1552"
        },
        {
          "name": "1038757",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_SECTRACK"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038757"
        },
        {
          "name": "RHSA-2017:2247",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_REDHAT"
          ],
          "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247"
        },
        {
          "name": "RHSA-2017:1551",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_REDHAT"
          ],
          "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1551.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "[announce] 20161027 [SECURITY] CVE-2016-5018 Apache Tomcat Security Manager Bypass",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9b3a63a20c87179815fdea14f6766853bafe79a0042dc0b4aa878a9e%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
        },
        {
          "name": "1037142",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_SECTRACK"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037142"
        },
        {
          "name": "RHSA-2017:0457",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_REDHAT"
          ],
          "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "RHSA-2017:0455",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_REDHAT"
          ],
          "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455"
        },
        {
          "name": "RHSA-2017:1550",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_REDHAT"
          ],
          "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1550"
        },
        {
          "name": "DSA-3720",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_DEBIAN"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720"
        },
        {
          "name": "RHSA-2017:0456",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_REDHAT"
          ],
          "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456"
        },
        {
          "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [25/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
        },
        {
          "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [23/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
        },
        {
          "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [22/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
        },
        {
          "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [24/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
        },
        {
          "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [21/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
        },
        {
          "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [16/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
        },
        {
          "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [15/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
        },
        {
          "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [17/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
        },
        {
          "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [16/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
        },
        {
          "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [23/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
        },
        {
          "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [27/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
        },
        {
          "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [26/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
        },
        {
          "name": "USN-4557-1",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_UBUNTU"
          ],
          "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1/"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001/"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155873/Tomcat-9.0.0.M1-Sandbox-Escape.html"
        }
      ],
      "x_legacyV4Record": {
        "CVE_data_meta": {
          "ASSIGNER": "security@apache.org",
          "DATE_PUBLIC": "2016-10-27T00:00:00",
          "ID": "CVE-2016-5018",
          "STATE": "PUBLIC"
        },
        "affects": {
          "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
              {
                "product": {
                  "product_data": [
                    {
                      "product_name": "Apache Tomcat",
                      "version": {
                        "version_data": [
                          {
                            "version_value": "9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9"
                          },
                          {
                            "version_value": "8.5.0 to 8.5.4"
                          },
                          {
                            "version_value": "8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36"
                          },
                          {
                            "version_value": "7.0.0 to 7.0.70"
                          },
                          {
                            "version_value": "6.0.0 to 6.0.45"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "vendor_name": "Apache Software Foundation"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "data_format": "MITRE",
        "data_type": "CVE",
        "data_version": "4.0",
        "description": {
          "description_data": [
            {
              "lang": "eng",
              "value": "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."
            }
          ]
        },
        "problemtype": {
          "problemtype_data": [
            {
              "description": [
                {
                  "lang": "eng",
                  "value": "Sandbox Escape"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "references": {
          "reference_data": [
            {
              "name": "RHSA-2017:1548",
              "refsource": "REDHAT",
              "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1548"
            },
            {
              "name": "RHSA-2017:1549",
              "refsource": "REDHAT",
              "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1549"
            },
            {
              "name": "93942",
              "refsource": "BID",
              "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93942"
            },
            {
              "name": "RHSA-2017:1552",
              "refsource": "REDHAT",
              "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1552"
            },
            {
              "name": "1038757",
              "refsource": "SECTRACK",
              "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038757"
            },
            {
              "name": "RHSA-2017:2247",
              "refsource": "REDHAT",
              "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247"
            },
            {
              "name": "RHSA-2017:1551",
              "refsource": "REDHAT",
              "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1551.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "[announce] 20161027 [SECURITY] CVE-2016-5018 Apache Tomcat Security Manager Bypass",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9b3a63a20c87179815fdea14f6766853bafe79a0042dc0b4aa878a9e@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
            },
            {
              "name": "1037142",
              "refsource": "SECTRACK",
              "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037142"
            },
            {
              "name": "RHSA-2017:0457",
              "refsource": "REDHAT",
              "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "RHSA-2017:0455",
              "refsource": "REDHAT",
              "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455"
            },
            {
              "name": "RHSA-2017:1550",
              "refsource": "REDHAT",
              "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1550"
            },
            {
              "name": "DSA-3720",
              "refsource": "DEBIAN",
              "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720"
            },
            {
              "name": "RHSA-2017:0456",
              "refsource": "REDHAT",
              "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456"
            },
            {
              "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [25/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
            },
            {
              "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [23/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
            },
            {
              "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [22/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
            },
            {
              "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [24/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
            },
            {
              "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [21/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
            },
            {
              "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [16/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
            },
            {
              "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [15/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
            },
            {
              "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [17/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
            },
            {
              "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [16/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
            },
            {
              "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [23/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
            },
            {
              "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [27/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
            },
            {
              "name": "[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [26/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
            },
            {
              "name": "USN-4557-1",
              "refsource": "UBUNTU",
              "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1/"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001/",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001/"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html",
              "refsource": "MISC",
              "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155873/Tomcat-9.0.0.M1-Sandbox-Escape.html",
              "refsource": "MISC",
              "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155873/Tomcat-9.0.0.M1-Sandbox-Escape.html"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "f0158376-9dc2-43b6-827c-5f631a4d8d09",
    "assignerShortName": "apache",
    "cveId": "CVE-2016-5018",
    "datePublished": "2017-08-10T16:00:00Z",
    "dateReserved": "2016-05-24T00:00:00",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-09-16T18:38:35.797Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1"
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.


Loading…

Loading…

Loading…

Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.


Loading…

Loading…