Vulnerability CVE-2017-12118
Published: 2018-01-19   Modified: 2018-01-20

Description:
An exploitable improper authorization vulnerability exists in miner_stop API of cpp-ethereum's JSON-RPC (commit 4e1015743b95821849d001618a7ce82c7c073768). An attacker can send JSON to trigger this vulnerability.

Type:

CWE-863

 (Incorrect Authorization)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Ethereum -> Cpp-ethereum 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102475
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0470
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