CVE-2010-5290 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2010-5290

The authentication process in Adobe ColdFusion before 10 does not...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

coldfusion
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 9.0, 9.0.1

Timeline

Official Publish: September 20th, 2013
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.