CVE-2017-12636

Apache CouchDB - Arbitrary Command Execution

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Los usuarios administrativos de CouchDB pueden configurar el servidor de la base de datos mediante HTTP(S). Algunas de las opciones de configuración incluyen rutas para operar binarios a nivel de sistema que son iniciados subsecuentemente por CouchDB. Esto permite que un usuario administrador en versiones anteriores a la 1.7.0 y versiones 2.x anteriores a la 2.1.1 de Apache CouchDB ejecuten comandos shell arbitrarios como el usuario CouchDB, incluyendo la descarga y ejecución de scripts del internet público.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-08-07 CVE Reserved
2017-11-14 CVE Published
2018-08-25 First Exploit
2024-06-17 EPSS Updated
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c405bf3f8358e6314076be9f48c89a2e0ddf00539906291ebdf0c67%40%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00026.html	Mailing List
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbmu03935en_us	X_refsource_confirm
https://justi.cz/security/2017/11/14/couchdb-rce-npm.html
http://docs.couchdb.org/en/latest/cve/2017-12636.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c405bf3f8358e6314076be9f48c89a2e0ddf00539906291ebdf0c67@%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45019	2024-09-16
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44913	2024-09-16
https://github.com/XTeam-Wing/CVE-2017-12636	2020-03-23
https://github.com/moayadalmalat/CVE-2017-12636	2018-08-25

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-16	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Couchdb Search vendor "Apache" for product "Couchdb"				< 1.7.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Couchdb" and version " < 1.7.0"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Couchdb Search vendor "Apache" for product "Couchdb"				2.0.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Couchdb" and version "2.0.0"		-		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Couchdb Search vendor "Apache" for product "Couchdb"				2.0.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Couchdb" and version "2.0.0"		rc1		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Couchdb Search vendor "Apache" for product "Couchdb"				2.0.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Couchdb" and version "2.0.0"		rc2		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Couchdb Search vendor "Apache" for product "Couchdb"				2.0.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Couchdb" and version "2.0.0"		rc3		Affected
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Couchdb Search vendor "Apache" for product "Couchdb"				2.0.0 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Couchdb" and version "2.0.0"		rc4		Affected