CVE-2016-6794

mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.072 · 94 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

7.15% (94th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

33 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-266USLLM-inferred

affected products (33)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat≤ 8.5.0 to 8.5.4enisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat≤ 7.0.0 to 7.0.70enisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat≤ 6.0.0 to 6.0.45enisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat≤ 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9enisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat≤ 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36enisa_euvdEU
apache tomcat6.0.0 → 6.0.45nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat7.0.0 → 7.0.70nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat8.0 → 8.0.36nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat8.5.0 → 8.5.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat= 9.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 16.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand insightall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_insight:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand shiftall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_shift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp snap creator frameworkall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:snap_creator_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle tekelec platform distribution7.4.0 → 7.7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:tekelec_platform_distribution:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux desktop= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux eus= 7.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux eus= 7.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux eus= 7.6nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-2rvf-329f-p99gSystem Property Disclosure in Apache Tomcat2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
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.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-08-10modified 2026-10-15

references (80)

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