CVE-2010-2861
CRITICALCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctlDescription
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the administrator console in Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the locale parameter to (1) CFIDE/administrator/settings/mappings.cfm, (2) logging/settings.cfm, (3) datasources/index.cfm, (4) j2eepackaging/editarchive.cfm, and (5) enter.cfm in CFIDE/administrator/.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.
Adobe ColdFusion Directory Traversal Vulnerability
A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the administrator console in Adobe ColdFusion which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.
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Remediation due: 2022-04-15
Associated with ransomware campaigns
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8137
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8148
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-18.html
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/coldfusion-directory-traversal-faq-cve-2010-2861/
- http://www.procheckup.com/vulnerability_manager/vulnerabilities/pr10-07
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-2861
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