What is CVE-2016-7066?

CVE-2016-7066 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-7066?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform

CVE-2016-7066

It was found that the improper default permissions on /tmp/auth directory in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform before 7.1.0 can allow any local user to connect to CLI and allow the user to execute any arbitrary operations.

EPSS: 0.003 (22.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform — versions 7.1.0
Redhat Jboss_enterprise_application_platform

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7066?: CVE-2016-7066 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-7066?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.