Description (CNA)
The Windows installer that the Apache CouchDB team provides was vulnerable to local privilege escalation. All files in the install inherit the file permissions of the parent directory and therefore a non-privileged user can substitute any executable for the nssm.exe service launcher, or CouchDB batch or binary files. A subsequent service or server restart will then run that binary with administrator privilege. This issue affected CouchDB 2.0.0 (Windows platform only) and was addressed in CouchDB 2.0.0.1.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation / Apache CouchDB | affected 2.0.0 (Windows platform only) |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/201612.mbox/%3C825F65E1-0E5F-4E1F-8053-CF2C6200C526%40apache.org%3E
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40865/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94766
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.