PT-2018-5054 · Apache · Apache Couchdb

Hyp3Rlinx + 1 · Published 2018-02-12 · Updated 2018-03-14 · CVE-2016-8742

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache CouchDB version 2.0.0

Description The issue concerns a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows installer provided by the Apache CouchDB team. This vulnerability allows a non-privileged user to substitute any executable for the nssm.exe service launcher, or CouchDB batch or binary files, due to the file permissions inherited from the parent directory. Upon a subsequent service or server restart, the substituted binary will run with administrator privilege.

Recommendations For Apache CouchDB version 2.0.0, update to version 2.0.0.1 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

LPE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-8742

Affected Products

Apache Couchdb

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/40865 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8742 · Security Note
• http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/201612.mbox/%3C825F65E1-0E5F-4E1F-8053-CF2C6200C526%40apache.org%3E · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8742 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8742 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94766 · Note