Is CVE-2016-5425 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-5425 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-5425?

CVE-2016-5425 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-5425?

CVE-2016-5425 has an EPSS score of 3.78% (89th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2016-5425?

No published fix for CVE-2016-5425 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-5425

HIGHEPSS 89th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Tomcat package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, Fedora, CentOS, Oracle Linux, and possibly other Linux distributions uses weak permissions for /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tomcat.conf, which allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging membership in the tomcat group.

CWE-276

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

3.78%probability of exploitation in 30 days

89thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 89% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit2

Third-Party Advisory7

Other references1

lists.apache.org

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.