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GHSA-GQ4G-CFC7-FGW7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:38 – Updated: 2022-05-14 03:38

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.

Severity

7.8 (High)


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

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CVE-2016-8742 (GCVE-0-2016-8742)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-12 17:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:26

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

File permissions

Assigner

apache mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40865/	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94766	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Apache Software Foundation	Apache CouchDB	Affected: 2.0.0 (Windows platform only)

Date Public

2016-12-08 00:00

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