Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-8742. PoCs published by hyp3rlinx.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a detailed writeup describing a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Apache CouchDB v2.0.0 due to insecure file permissions on the 'nssm.exe' executable. Authenticated users can replace the executable to gain SYSTEM privileges when the service restarts.
Description
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.
Exploits (1)
This is a detailed writeup describing a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Apache CouchDB v2.0.0 due to insecure file permissions on the 'nssm.exe' executable. Authenticated users can replace the executable to gain SYSTEM privileges when the service restarts.
References (3)
Scores
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H