High severity · published Feb 12, 2018
CVE-2016-8742
The Windows installer that the Apache CouchDB team provides was vulnerable to local privilege escalation
7.8
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Couchdb · Apache
2.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8742
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8742
Vendor Advisory
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/201612.mbox/%3C825F65E1-0E5F-4E1F-8053-CF2C6200C526%40apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94766
Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40865/
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