5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-20587
Bitcoin Core IPv4 to IPv6 Portal conocimiento Local Privilege Escalation (LPE)
Description

Bitcoin Core 0.12.0 through 0.17.1 and Bitcoin Knots 0.12.0 through 0.17.x before 0.17.1.knots20181229 have Incorrect Access Control. Local users can exploit this to steal currency by binding the RPC IPv4 localhost port, and forwarding requests to the IPv6 localhost port.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 11, 2019, 12:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:56 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-20587 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-20587 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Bitcoinknots bitcoin_knots
1 Bitcoin bitcoin_core
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-20587.

URL Resource
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-20587 Third Party Advisory
https://medium.com/%40lukedashjr/cve-2018-20587-advisory-and-full-disclosure-a3105551e78b

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

master

C++ HTML M4

Updated: 2 years ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 18, 2021, 3:33 a.m. This repo has been linked 46 different CVEs too.

The purpose of this document is to gather public information on vulnerabilities introduced on Blockchains software.

Updated: 8 months, 3 weeks ago
13 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Nov. 5, 2019, 2:13 p.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-20587 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-20587 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://medium.com/%40lukedashjr/cve-2018-20587-advisory-and-full-disclosure-a3105551e78b [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://medium.com/@lukedashjr/cve-2018-20587-advisory-and-full-disclosure-a3105551e78b
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-284 CWE-284 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-20587 No Types Assigned https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-20587 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://medium.com/@lukedashjr/cve-2018-20587-advisory-and-full-disclosure-a3105551e78b No Types Assigned https://medium.com/@lukedashjr/cve-2018-20587-advisory-and-full-disclosure-a3105551e78b Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-284
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.12.0 up to (including) 0.17.1 *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoinknots:bitcoin_knots:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.12.0 up to (including) 0.17.0
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-20587 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-20587 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

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