CVE-2019-8256

At a glance

Severity: Not available
EPSS: EPSS 4.01 % · percentile 91 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2019-12-19
Updated: 2024-08-04
Assigner: adobe
NVD status: Modified

Description

ColdFusion versions Update 6 and earlier have an insecure inherited permissions of default installation directory vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to privilege escalation.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	CRITICAL 9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0	HIGH 7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-732

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2019-17654
GCVE · GCVE-0-2019-8256

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2019-AVI-616 — Vulnérabilité dans Adobe ColdFusion · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update6:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
Adobe · ColdFusion	affected Update 6 and earlier versions

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb19-58.html

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD