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    CVE-2020-9672

    Adobe ColdFusion 2016 update 15 and earlier versions, and ColdFusion 2018 update 9 and earlier versions have a dll search-order hijacking vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.

    Published:Jul 17, 2020
    Last Modified:May 5, 2025
    EPS:Jul 17, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.0015
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Adobe
    Product
    Coldfusion

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-38 Leveraging/Manipulating Configuration File Search Paths

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High