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Access Restriction Bypass Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina package, versions [7.0.0,7.0.68) [8,8.0.31) [9-alpha,9.0.0.M2)

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.18% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-30917
  • published 22 Feb 2016
  • disclosed 22 Feb 2016
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 22 Feb 2016

CVE-2016-0763 Open this link in a new tab
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Overview

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina The setGlobalContext method in org/apache/naming/factory/ResourceLinkFactory.java in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M3 does not consider whether ResourceLinkFactory.setGlobalContext callers are authorized, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and read or write to arbitrary application data, or cause a denial of service (application disruption), via a web application that sets a crafted global context.

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Snyk

Recommended
6.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low