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Adobe ColdFusion 2016 update 15 and earlier versions, and...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 5, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Adobe ColdFusion 2016 update 15 and earlier versions, and ColdFusion 2018 update 9 and earlier versions have a dll search-order hijacking vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 17, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated May 5, 2025

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(30th percentile)

Weaknesses

Untrusted Search Path

The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2020-9672

GHSA ID

GHSA-j6cv-ghpp-phc2

Source code

No known source code

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