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CVE-2016-8742

UNKNOWN
Published 2018-02-12T17:00:00Z
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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.

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Affected Products

Apache Software Foundation

Apache CouchDB

Affected Versions:

2.0.0 (Windows platform only)

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-gq4g-cfc7-fgw7

Advisory Details

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 Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8742
WEB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40865
WEB http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/201612.mbox/%3C825F65E1-0E5F-4E1F-8053-CF2C6200C526%40apache.org%3E
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94766

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 14, 2022, Modified: May 14, 2022

References

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/201612.mbox/%3C825F65E1-0E5F-4E1F-8053-CF2C6200C526%40apache.org%3E
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40865/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94766
Published: 2018-02-12T17:00:00Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-17T00:26:42.742Z
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