PT-2018-5358 · Ethereum · Cpp-Ethereum

Published 2018-01-19 · Updated 2022-12-14 · CVE-2017-12117

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Description An improper authorization issue exists in the miner start API endpoint 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.

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-2017-12117

Affected Products

Cpp-Ethereum

References · 3

• 🔥 https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0469 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12117 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102475 · Note