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CVE-2016-0714

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0714 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Apache Tomcat versions 6.x, 7.x, 8.x, and 9.x, as well as various Debian and Ubuntu distributions. It allows remote authenticated users to bypass SecurityManager restrictions and execute arbitrary code by manipulating session attributes. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
13.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1308 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 17,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (26)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 8.0.32
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 7.0.70
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 6.0.46
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 9.0.0.M2
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tomcat7-0:7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1Fixed in: tomcat7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: httpd24-0:2.4.6-61.ep7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: mod_security-jws3-0:2.8.0-7.GA.ep7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tomcat7-0:7.0.59-50_patch_01.ep7.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: httpd24-0:2.4.6-61.ep7.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: mod_security-jws3-0:2.8.0-7.GA.ep7.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tomcat7-0:7.0.59-50_patch_01.ep7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tomcat8-0:8.0.18-61_patch_01.ep7.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tomcat8-0:8.0.18-61_patch_01.ep7.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: tomcat6-0:6.0.24-98.el6_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: tomcat-0:7.0.69-10.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6Fixed in: tomcat7-0:7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el6
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6Fixed in: jbossweb
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3Fixed in: jbossweb
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Portal 6Fixed in: jbossweb
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5Fixed in: jbossweb
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6Fixed in: jbossweb
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6Fixed in: jbossweb
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4Fixed in: jbossweb
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5Fixed in: jbossweb

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-mv42-px54-87jwhigh

Improper Access Control in Apache Tomcat

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2016-0714Moderate

tomcat: Security Manager bypass via persistence mechanisms

Feb 22, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00047.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00069.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00082.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00085.html
marc.info
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2045.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2599.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2807.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2808.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1087
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1088
bto.bluecoat.com / security-advisory/sa118
seclists.org / bugtraq/2016/Feb/145
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
h20566.www2.hpe.com / portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
lists.apache.org / thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201705-09
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20180531-0001
svn.apache.org / viewvc
svn.apache.org / viewvc
svn.apache.org / viewvc
svn.apache.org / viewvc
svn.apache.org / viewvc
svn.apache.org / viewvc
svn.apache.org / viewvc
svn.apache.org / viewvc
tomcat.apache.org / security-6.html
Vendor Advisory
tomcat.apache.org / security-7.html
Vendor Advisory
tomcat.apache.org / security-8.html
Vendor Advisory
tomcat.apache.org / security-9.html
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3530
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3552
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3609
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
securityfocus.com / bid/83327
securitytracker.com / id/1035069
securitytracker.com / id/1037640
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3024-1