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CVE-2017-12636

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-78 OS Command Injections
Publication date:
14/11/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x
7.20
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.7.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:2.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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