#VU14325 Privilege escalation in CouchDB - CVE-2018-8007

Vulnerability identifier: #VU14325

Vulnerability risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 2.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8007

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
CouchDB
Server applications / Database software

Vendor: Apache Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote administrative attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of administrator-supplied configuration settings via the HTTP API. A remote attacker can bypass the blacklist of configuration settings that are not allowed to be modified via the HTTP API and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Mitigation
Update to version 1.7.2 or 2.1.2.

Vulnerable software versions

CouchDB: 0.8.0 - 2.1.1

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External links
https://blog.couchdb.org/2018/07/10/cve-2018-8007/

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.