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CVE-2010-5290

N/A
Published: September 20, 2013 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:26 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorColdFusion

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (4)

VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Source: [email protected]
http://osvdb.org/97553
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://qualys.immunityinc.com/home/exploitpack/CANVAS/CF_directory_traversal
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/coldfusion-directory-traversal-faq-cve-2010-2861/
VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87740

CVSS

10HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-255

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