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CVE-2016-8656
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…
High7.0EPSS 0.35%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 20 months later
· 20 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 72% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.0.
Weakness
Affected products
References (13)
- RHSA-2017:0250 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0831 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0834 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3458 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1609 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0832 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8656 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 96035 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0244 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0246 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3455 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:3454 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0245 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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