CouchDB administrative users can configure the database server via HTTP(S)
Apache Software Foundation · Apache CouchDB
Apache CouchDB has a flaw in which its HTTP(S) configuration interface lets administrative users set paths to operating system binaries that CouchDB later launches. An attacker who holds an admin account on an affected release (before 1.7.0 or 2.x before 2.1.1) can use this to run arbitrary shell commands as the CouchDB user, including downloading and executing scripts from the internet.
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.
- Exploited
- Not confirmed
- Reports
- 0
- Tactics
- 0/15
Exploitation timelineDated milestones for a CVE: when it was disclosed, when exploit code became public, when exploitation was confirmed, and when threat reports named it.
Public exploit code (Metasploit) was available 19 months before disclosure.
- Public exploit codeMetasploit19 mo before
- Disclosedday 0
Patch historyEarlier and later CVEs in the same code, in date order. It shows when a fix was bypassed or incomplete and which version finally fixed it.
See the family treeA fix was bypassed or incomplete once over 9 months.
Same bug familyLinked by evidence that a fix failed or the same code was patched again. Oldest first.
- This CVECVE-2017-12636CouchDB administrative users can configure the database server…14 Nov 2017
- same family
bypassed the fixHigh
Why these are linked: Link confidenceHow strong the evidence is that two CVEs are related. High: stated in the CVE text or linked in an advisory, or the same code was patched one release apart. Medium: the same code, or a version step plus a similar description. Low: similar description only.
- Stated in the CVE text
This privilege escalation effectively allows a CouchDB admin user to gain arbitrary remote code execution, bypassing CVE-2017-12636 and CVE-2018-8007.
- Similar weakness in the same product (machine-matched)same product + description similarity
- Stated in the CVE text
MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. techniques
No techniques linkedNo ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.
What security researchers reported
Not named in any threat report yetAlso mentioned in 7 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.
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