CVE-2016-7066
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v3.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-266
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (21th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2016-7946)
- Published
- September 11, 2018
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2016-7946 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / jboss enterprise application platform
Certified products that may be affected
3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 Version 6.2.2 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0909-2015 - archived
- JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 Version 5.1.0 and 5.1.1 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0687-2011 - archived
- JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Version 4.3 CP03 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0531-2009 - archived
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3456(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7066(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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