### [CVE-2016-5425](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5425)
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### Description

The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, Fedora, CentOS, Oracle Linux, and possibly other Linux distributions uses weak permissions for /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-Pkgs-Root-PrivEsc-Exploit-CVE-2016-5425.html
- http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-RedHat-based-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139041/Apache-Tomcat-8-7-6-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40488/
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/starnightcyber/vul-info-collect
- https://github.com/versio-io/product-lifecycle-security-api