High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Jan 19, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-12117
CVE-2017-12117
Description
An exploitable improper authorization vulnerability exists in miner_start API of cpp-ethereum's JSON-RPC (commit 4e1015743b95821849d001618a7ce82c7c073768). A JSON request can cause an access to the restricted functionality resulting in authorization bypass. An attacker can send JSON to trigger this vulnerability.
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Affected products
2- Talos/CPP-Ethereumv5Range: Ethereum commit 4e1015743b95821849d001618a7ce82c7c073768
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0469nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102475nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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