VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2013-1976

CVSS score6.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.37%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-07-09
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The (1) tomcat5, (2) tomcat6, and (3) tomcat7 init scripts, as used in the RPM distribution of Tomcat for JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.2 and 2.0.0, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, allow local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) tomcat5-initd.log, (b) tomcat6-initd.log, (c) catalina.out, or (d) tomcat7-initd.log.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Primary references