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CVE-2016-8735 Unmapped

Apache Tomcat Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor / product
Apache — Tomcat
Description (CISA)
Apache Tomcat contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for remote code execution if JmxRemoteLifecycleListener is used and an attacker can reach Java Management Extension (JMX) ports. This CVE exists because this listener wasn't updated for consistency with the Oracle patched issues for CVE-2016-3427 which affected credential types.
Added to KEV
2023-05-12
Due date
2023-06-02
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Known ransomware use
Unknown
CWE
CWE-284
CISA notes
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8735
Elsewhere
cve.org · NVD · CISA KEV · JSON

ATT&CK techniques

No public source states how this vulnerability is exploited in ATT&CK terms.

The only authoritative CVE → ATT&CK mapping in the open — CTID's Mappings Explorer, pinned to a KEV snapshot of 2025-07-28 and ATT&CK 16.1 — does not include CVE-2016-8735. CISA's catalogue carries no technique field. kevmap does not infer techniques from the CWE (CWE-284) — here is why — and does not guess.

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