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CVE-2010-5290

HIGHEPSS 92th pctl
10.0
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

The authentication process in Adobe ColdFusion before 10 does not require knowledge of the cleartext password if the password hash is known, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain administrative privileges by leveraging read access to the configuration file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2861.

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

5.53%probability of exploitation in 30 days
92ndpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 92% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2010-0219High10.090%--
CVE-2013-4786High7.582%--
CVE-2014-9195High10.081%--
CVE-2009-3548High7.579%--
CVE-2009-4189High10.079%--
CVE-2017-8229Critical9.874%--
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