PT-2018-5357 · Ethereum · Cpp-Ethereum

Published 2018-01-19 · Updated 2022-12-14 · CVE-2017-12116

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions cpp-ethereum (affected versions not specified)

Description An improper authorization issue exists in the miner setGasPrice API of cpp-ethereum's JSON-RPC. This allows a JSON request to access restricted functionality, resulting in authorization bypass. An attacker can send a JSON request to trigger this issue, affecting the miner setGasPrice API endpoint.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Incorrect Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-12116

Affected Products

Cpp-Ethereum

References · 5

• 🔥 https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0468 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12116 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12116 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102475 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/8729 · Telegram Post