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.
Weakness
During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.
Affected Software
| Name |
Vendor |
Start Version |
End Version |
| Coldfusion |
Adobe |
2016 (including) |
2016 (including) |
| Coldfusion |
Adobe |
2018 (including) |
2018 (including) |
| Coldfusion |
Adobe |
2021 (including) |
2021 (including) |
Potential Mitigations
- Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
- Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.
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