CVE-2010-5290
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| adobe | coldfusion | {"endIncluding":"9.0.2"} | |
| adobe | coldfusion | 9.0 | |
| adobe | coldfusion | 9.0.1 | |
References
- http://osvdb.org/97553
- http://qualys.immunityinc.com/home/exploitpack/CANVAS/CF_directory_traversal
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/coldfusion-directory-traversal-faq-cve-2010-2861/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87740
- http://osvdb.org/97553
- http://qualys.immunityinc.com/home/exploitpack/CANVAS/CF_directory_traversal
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/coldfusion-directory-traversal-faq-cve-2010-2861/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87740
CWEs
CWE-255
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.