Local escalation vulnerability in Apache CouchDB - CVE-2016-8742| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:60218 | Date: (C)2019-12-20 (M)2021-09-11 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with Apache CouchDB version 2.0.0 and is prone to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to handle a issue in file permissions of the parent directory. Successful exploitation could allow attackers to substitute any executable for the nssm.exe service launcher, or CouchDB batch or binary files.
| Platform: |
| Microsoft Windows 7 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
| Microsoft Windows 10 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
