CVE-2017-12636

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• Apache CouchDB - Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit)2018-07-13 · remote · linux · Verified
• Apache CouchDB < 2.1.0 - Remote Code Execution2018-06-20 · webapps · linux · Verified

Impact

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.

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Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c405bf3f8358e6314076be9f48c89a2e0ddf00539906291ebdf0c67%40%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E
• 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/44913/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45019/
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c405bf3f8358e6314076be9f48c89a2e0ddf00539906291ebdf0c67%40%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E
• 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/44913/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45019/