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CVE-2016-8656
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2018-05-22 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-284
Description
Jboss jbossas before versions 5.2.0-23, 6.4.13, 7.0.5 is vulnerable to an unsafe file handling in the jboss init script which could result in local privilege escalation.
Affected products
- Red Hat JBoss EAP: 5.0.0, 6.0.0, 6.4.0, 7.0.0, 7.1.0
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0244.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0245.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0246.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0250.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0831.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0832.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0834.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96035
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3454
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3455
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3458
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1609
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