{"id":"CVE-2016-6794","description":"When a SecurityManager is configured, a web application's ability to read system properties should be controlled by the SecurityManager. 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, 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 the system property replacement feature for configuration files could be used by a malicious web application to bypass the SecurityManager and read system properties that should not be visible.","cvssScore":5.3,"cvssVersion":"3.1","cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","cvssMetrics":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","source":"nvd@nist.gov","sourceName":"NVD","type":"Primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N","source":"nvd@nist.gov","sourceName":"NVD","type":"Primary"}],"resolved":"NO-EXPLOIT-PUBLISHED","published":"2017-08-10","lastModified":"2026-06-17","affectedProducts":[{"vendor":"apache","product":"tomcat","versionStart":"\u003e=6.0.0","versionEnd":"\u003c=6.0.45"},{"vendor":"apache","product":"tomcat","versionStart":"\u003e=7.0.0","versionEnd":"\u003c=7.0.70"},{"vendor":"apache","product":"tomcat","versionStart":"\u003e=8.0","versionEnd":"\u003c=8.0.36"},{"vendor":"apache","product":"tomcat","versionStart":"\u003e=8.5.0","versionEnd":"\u003c=8.5.4"},{"vendor":"apache","product":"tomcat","version":"9.0.0","update":"milestone1"},{"vendor":"apache","product":"tomcat","version":"9.0.0","update":"milestone2"},{"vendor":"apache","product":"tomcat","version":"9.0.0","update":"milestone3"},{"vendor":"apache","product":"tomcat","version":"9.0.0","update":"milestone4"},{"vendor":"apache","product":"tomcat","version":"9.0.0","update":"milestone5"},{"vendor":"apache","product":"tomcat","version":"9.0.0","update":"milestone6"},{"vendor":"apache","product":"tomcat","version":"9.0.0","update":"milestone7"},{"vendor":"apache","product":"tomcat","version":"9.0.0","update":"milestone8"},{"vendor":"apache","product":"tomcat","version":"9.0.0","update":"milestone9"},{"vendor":"debian","product":"debian linux","version":"8.0"},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"jboss enterprise web server","version":"3.0.0"},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"enterprise linux desktop","version":"7.0"},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"enterprise linux eus","version":"7.4"},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"enterprise linux eus","version":"7.5"},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"enterprise linux eus","version":"7.6"},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"enterprise linux eus","version":"7.7"}],"totalAffectedProducts":14,"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/0b41766456b1980e4f809e13ad6dc9fa912bae7e","source":"osv","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/c1660182010b4255c21c874d69c124370a67784a","source":"osv","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/f8db078f1e6e8b225f8344e63595113ca34cd408","source":"osv","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/tomcat80/commit/ae6163a4f230bc679abfc93e048ff92996badad6","source":"osv","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E","source":"osv","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E","source":"osv","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E","source":"osv","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E","source":"osv","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E","source":"osv","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E","source":"osv","tags":["WEB"]}],"reasoning":{"decidingSource":"no-exploit-published","decidingReason":"This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, and no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it. Nobody has published something a stranger can run, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.","verdicts":[{"rule":"rejected","stage":"identity","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"armr-patch-file","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"armr-secure-rule-file","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"manual-classification","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"h2-history","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"non-java-upstream","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"oracle-component","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"osv-maven","stage":"scope","outcome":"matched","status":"QUEUED-FOR-REVIEW","detail":"Maven packages: org.apache.tomcat:tomcat"},{"rule":"patch-hint","stage":"disposition","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"open-source-maven","stage":"disposition","outcome":"matched","status":"MITIGATION-CANDIDATE","detail":"Open-source Maven artifact indexed by OSV (Maven packages: org.apache.tomcat:tomcat). The source is public, which makes an ARMR patch rule a candidate; nothing here establishes that one can be written."},{"rule":"poc-derivable","stage":"disposition","outcome":"skipped"},{"rule":"no-exploit","stage":"disposition","outcome":"skipped"},{"rule":"secure-rule-match","stage":"disposition","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"below-action-threshold","stage":"disposition","outcome":"withheld","detail":"CVE ships in an Oracle advisory — Oracle treats it as urgent, so severity does not settle it"},{"rule":"no-exploit-published","stage":"disposition","outcome":"matched","status":"NO-EXPLOIT-PUBLISHED","detail":"No working exploit has been published, and an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds.","decisive":true}],"affectedProducts":[{"vendor":"apache","product":"tomcat","isKnown":true,"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","source":"yaml"},{"vendor":"debian","product":"debian_linux","isKnown":false,"cpe":"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"jboss_enterprise_web_server","isKnown":true,"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","source":"yaml"},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"enterprise_linux_desktop","isKnown":false,"cpe":"cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"enterprise_linux_eus","isKnown":false,"cpe":"cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"enterprise_linux_server","isKnown":false,"cpe":"cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"enterprise_linux_server_aus","isKnown":false,"cpe":"cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"enterprise_linux_server_tus","isKnown":false,"cpe":"cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"enterprise_linux_workstation","isKnown":false,"cpe":"cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"},{"vendor":"netapp","product":"oncommand_insight","isKnown":false,"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_insight:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"},{"vendor":"netapp","product":"oncommand_shift","isKnown":false,"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_shift:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"},{"vendor":"netapp","product":"snap_creator_framework","isKnown":false,"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snap_creator_framework:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"},{"vendor":"canonical","product":"ubuntu_linux","isKnown":false,"cpe":"cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*"},{"vendor":"oracle","product":"tekelec_platform_distribution","isKnown":false,"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:oracle:tekelec_platform_distribution:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}],"affectedPackages":[{"name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","introduced":"6.0.0","fixed":"6.0.47"},{"name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","introduced":"7.0.0","fixed":"7.0.72"},{"name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","introduced":"8.0.0","fixed":"8.0.37"},{"name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","introduced":"8.1.0","fixed":"8.5.5"},{"name":"org.apache.tomcat:tomcat","introduced":"9.0.0.M1","fixed":"9.0.0.M10"}]},"assessment":{"record":{"state":"active"},"protection":{"level":"none"},"action":{"state":"unverified","type":"patch-rule"},"review":{"state":"automated","basis":"upstream-data"}},"signals":{"hasPOC":false,"pocCount":0},"kev":{"inKEV":false},"epss":{"available":true,"score":0.07152,"percentile":0.93928},"ssvc":{"available":false}}