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.
Published: 2013-09-20
Score: 10.0 Critical
EPSS: 2.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-5249 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.
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01951}

epss

{'score': 0.01629}


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Adobe Coldfusion
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:17:10.205Z

Reserved: 2013-09-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-5290

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-09-20T16:55:03.253

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-5290

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