CVE-2017-12117

CVE-2017-12117 affects cpp-ethereum’s JSON-RPC miner_start API. The root cause is improper authorization checks in the miner_start implementation, allowing a remote attacker to trigger restricted functionality without credentials. Affected component is the JSON-RPC server inside cpp-ethereum (com...

CPP-Ethereum JSON-RPC miner_start improper authorization Vulnerability(CVE-2017-12117)

Summary An exploitable improper authorization vulnerability exists in minerstart 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 trigg...