CVE-2017-12636

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.2

MODERATE

Vector

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

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

93.695

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-8742,CVE-2017-12635,CVE-2017-12636 are affected in Apache CouchDB 2.0.0	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2017-12635,CVE-2017-12636 are affected in Apache CouchDB 1.6.1	Windows

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234