CVE-2016-8742
HIGH 7.8EPSS 2.0%
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
- Apache Software Foundation · Apache CouchDB
- CVSS v3.0 NVD
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 1.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 80th percentile
- Published
- 2018-02-12
- Updated
- 2024-09-17
ExploitDB entries (1)
Security advisories
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/201612.mbox/%3C825F65E1-0E5F-4E1F-80…
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94766