cve-2022-38418
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-10-14 19:42
Modified
2025-04-23 16:49
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS score ?
32.25% (0.96547)
Summary
Adobe ColdFusion versions Update 14 (and earlier) and Update 4 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
References
psirt@adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb22-44.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb22-44.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
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