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Apache Tomcat Vulnerability - CVE-2016-6794 - Vulnerability Database
Apache Tomcat

Apache Tomcat Vulnerability - CVE-2016-6794

Medium
Reference: CVE-2016-6794
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6794
Title: Apache Tomcat Vulnerability
Overview:

When a SecurityManager is configured a web application39s 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.