{
    "id": "CVE-2016-8742",
    "published": "2018-02-12 17:29:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:54:55",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-264",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.01961",
    "epss_percentile": "0.79757",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-10 18:17:14",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "apache",
            "product": "couchdb"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "40865",
            "title": "Apache CouchDB 2.0.0 - Local Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2016-12-05",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40865"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/201612.mbox/%3C825F65E1-0E5F-4E1F-8053-CF2C6200C526%40apache.org%3E",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94766",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40865/",
        "http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-dev/201612.mbox/%3C825F65E1-0E5F-4E1F-8053-CF2C6200C526%40apache.org%3E",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94766",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40865/"
    ]
}