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CVE-2010-2861
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the administrator console in Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to…
High7.5Known exploitedEPSS 99.7%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- adobe
Description
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/.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Adobe ColdFusion Directory Traversal Vulnerability.
- Added
- 25 Mar 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 15 Apr 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Known
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Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 99.7% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (6)
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/coldfusion-directory-traversal-faq-cve-2010-2861/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.procheckup.com/vulnerability_manager/vulnerabilities/pr10-07 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-18.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 8137 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 8148 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-2861 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
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- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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