cve/2017/CVE-2017-12117.md

### [CVE-2017-12117](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12117)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

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