{"id":"CVE-2016-8742","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-8742","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:46:36.329Z","title":"The Windows installer that the Apache CouchDB team provides was vulnerable to local privilege escalation.","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.","published":"2018-02-12T17:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:54:56.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["apache/couchdb"],"epss":{"score":0.01961,"percentile":0.80215,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2016-12-05","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":40865,"kind":"exploit","title":"Apache CouchDB 2.0.0 - Local Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40865","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/40865.txt","file":"exploits/windows/local/40865.txt","published":"2016-12-05","added":"2016-12-05","updated":"2017-01-30","author":"hyp3rlinx","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2016-8742"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 2.0%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/201612.mbox/%3C825F65E1-0E5F-4E1F-8053-CF2C6200C526%40apache.org%3E","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94766","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40865/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/201612.mbox/%3C825F65E1-0E5F-4E1F-8053-CF2C6200C526%40apache.org%3E","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94766","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40865/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8742","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}