CVE-2010-2861

9.8 CRITICAL CISA KEV - Actively Exploited
Published: August 11, 2010 Modified: October 22, 2025
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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/.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8137
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Broken Link
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8148
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Broken Link
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-18.html
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Not Applicable Vendor Advisory
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/coldfusion-directory-traversal-faq-cve-2010-2861/
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Exploit
http://www.procheckup.com/vulnerability_manager/vulnerabilities/pr10-07
Source: psirt@adobe.com
Broken Link
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8137
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8148
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-18.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable Vendor Advisory
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/coldfusion-directory-traversal-faq-cve-2010-2861/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.procheckup.com/vulnerability_manager/vulnerabilities/pr10-07
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-2861
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

11 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
94.2%
100th percentile
Exploitation Status
Actively Exploited
Remediation due: 2022-04-15

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22 CWE-22

Affected Vendors

adobe

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