CVE-2016-8742

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Apache
Status
Apache Couchdb
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 February 2018

Summary

The Windows installer that the Apache CouchDB team provides was vulnerable to local privilege escalation. All files in the install inherit the file permissions of the parent directory and therefore a non-privileged user can substitute any executable for the nssm.exe service launcher, or CouchDB batch or binary files. A subsequent service or server restart will then run that binary with administrator privilege. This issue affected CouchDB 2.0.0 (Windows platform only) and was addressed in CouchDB 2.0.0.1.

Affected Version(s)

Apache CouchDB 2.0.0 (Windows platform only)

References

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/2016...
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https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40865/
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94766
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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