CVE-2022-38420 (GCVE-0-2022-38420)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-10-14 19:42
Modified
2025-04-23 16:49
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials ()
Summary
Adobe ColdFusion versions Update 14 (and earlier) and Update 4 (and earlier) are affected by a Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability that could result in application denial-of-service by gaining access to start/stop arbitrary services. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
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