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CVE-2016-7066

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-09-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-266

Description

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.

Affected products

• Red Hat JBoss EAP: before 7.1.0 — fixed in 7.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3456
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7066
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3456
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7066

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