CVE-2020-10145 Privilege escalation in ColdFusion
Unprivileged users can escalate privileges by creating files in the default ColdFusion installation directory due to insecure ACLs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-10145?
CVE-2020-10145 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, published on 27 May 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Adobe ColdFusion installer fails to set a secure access-control list (ACL) on the default installation directory, such as C:\ColdFusion2021\. By default, unprivileged users can create files in this directory structure, which creates a privilege-escalation vulnerability.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10145?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Coldfusion.
How do I fix CVE-2020-10145?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-10145 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-10145 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10145 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Coldfusion
- CVE-2026-48282 Adobe ColdFusion Path Traversal
- CVE-2023-38203 Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2023-29300 Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2023-26359 Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2018-15961 Adobe ColdFusion Unrestricted File Upload
Sources
Also known as GHSA-778w-44h6-45xq.