Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Debian GNU/Linux patch for the couchdb script in CouchDB 0.8.0 allows local users to gain p
Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Debian GNU/Linux patch for the couchdb script in CouchDB 0.8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted shared library in the current working directory.
- Published
- Sep 14, 2010
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.6% · 47th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
27
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 27 / 40 · 6.9 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.6%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| apache | couchdb | cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- apache couchdb0.8.0
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:5.0 | couchdb | before 0.8.0-2+lenny1 | 0.8.0-2+lenny1 |
Same product
apache: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2022-24706Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in PackagingKEV97Now
- CVE-2017-12635Due to differences in the Erlang-based JSON parser and JavaScript-based JSON parser, it is possible in Apache CouchDB before 1.7.0 and 2.x b69This week
- CVE-2017-12636CouchDB administrative users can configure the database server via HTTP(S).55Plan
- CVE-2020-1955CouchDB version 3.0.0 shipped with a new configuration setting that governs access control to the entire database server called `require_val40Plan
- CVE-2016-8742The Windows installer that the Apache CouchDB team provides was vulnerable to local privilege escalation.32Monitor
- CVE-2018-8007Apache CouchDB administrative users can configure the database server via HTTP(S).31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:couchdb | 0.8.0-2+lenny1 · Debian:5.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
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References
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=594412
- secunia.com/advisories/41383
- www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2107
- www.nth-dimension.org.uk/blog.php?id=87
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/25/7
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/26/1
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/26/5
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/29/4
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/42758
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2341
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.