CVE-2016-8656

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-284CWE-264

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
jbossjbossasjbossas 5.2.0-23; jbossas 6.4.13; jbossas 7.0.5

References

Timeline

Published
May 22, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-8656: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix