CVE-2017-12115
HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: January 19, 2018 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:02 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsCpp EthereumCPP-Ethereum
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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
An exploitable improper authorization vulnerability exists in miner_setEtherbase API of cpp-ethereum's JSON-RPC (commit 4e1015743b95821849d001618a7ce82c7c073768). A JSON request can cause an access to the restricted functionality resulting in authorization bypass.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
All versions
Ethereum commit 4e1015743b95821849d001618a7ce82c7c073768
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102475x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0467CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-863
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