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    CVE-2017-12636

    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.

    Published:Nov 14, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Nov 14, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.93261
    CVSS Score:7.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apache
    Product
    Couchdb

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45019https://github.com/moayadalmalat/CVE-2017-12636https://github.com/XTeam-Wing/CVE-2017-12636https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44913

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    References

    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/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High