CVEs-PoC/2017/CVE-2017-12112.md

CVE-2017-12112

Description

An exploitable improper authorization vulnerability exists in admin_addPeer 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.

POC

Reference

• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0464

Github

• https://github.com/demining/Solidity-Forcibly-Send-Ether-Vulnerability