CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-3768

Untrusted Search Path

Published: Jun 26, 2020 | Modified: Sep 04, 2020
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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

Weakness

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Coldfusion Adobe 2016 (including) 2016 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2016-update1 (including) 2016-update1 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2016-update10 (including) 2016-update10 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2016-update11 (including) 2016-update11 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2016-update12 (including) 2016-update12 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2016-update13 (including) 2016-update13 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2016-update14 (including) 2016-update14 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2016-update2 (including) 2016-update2 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2016-update3 (including) 2016-update3 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2016-update4 (including) 2016-update4 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2016-update5 (including) 2016-update5 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2016-update6 (including) 2016-update6 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2016-update7 (including) 2016-update7 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2016-update8 (including) 2016-update8 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2016-update9 (including) 2016-update9 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2018 (including) 2018 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2018-update1 (including) 2018-update1 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2018-update2 (including) 2018-update2 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2018-update3 (including) 2018-update3 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2018-update4 (including) 2018-update4 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2018-update5 (including) 2018-update5 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2018-update6 (including) 2018-update6 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2018-update7 (including) 2018-update7 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2018-update8 (including) 2018-update8 (including)

Extended Description

This might allow attackers to execute their own programs, access unauthorized data files, or modify configuration in unexpected ways. If the product uses a search path to locate critical resources such as programs, then an attacker could modify that search path to point to a malicious program, which the targeted product would then execute. The problem extends to any type of critical resource that the product trusts. Some of the most common variants of untrusted search path are:

Potential Mitigations

References