CVE-2016-8742

Published Feb 12, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9576 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
apache
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 12:26 AM
Reserved
Oct 18, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 12, 2018, 5:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:54 AM