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    CVE-2021-43940

    Affected versions of Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center allow authenticated local attackers to achieve elevated privileges on the local system via a DLL Hijacking vulnerability in the Confluence installer. This vulnerability only affects installations of Confluence Server and Data Center on Windows. The affected versions are before version 7.4.10, and from version 7.5.0 before 7.12.3.

    Published:Feb 15, 2022
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Feb 15, 2022
    EPSS Score:0.00155
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Atlassian
    Product
    Confluence Data Center
    Vendor
    Atlassian
    Product
    Confluence Server
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
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