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CVE-2017-12636

Date: November 14, 2017

CouchDB administrative users can configure the database server via HTTP(S). Some of the configuration options include paths for operating system-level binaries that are subsequently launched by CouchDB. This allows an admin user in Apache CouchDB before 1.7.0 and 2.x before 2.1.1 to execute arbitrary shell commands as the CouchDB user, including downloading and executing scripts from the public internet.

Language: ERLANG

Severity Score

Related Resources (8)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12636
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c405bf3f8358e6314076be9f48c89a2e0ddf00539906291ebdf0c67%40%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44913/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00026.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-16
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbmu03935en_us
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45019/
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-12636

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CWE-78

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): HIGH
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): SINGLE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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