Privilege escalation via unsafe DLL search order
Published Jun 26, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
DLL search-order hijacking in Adobe ColdFusion 2016 and 2018 allows local users to escalate privileges through malicious DLL loading. Adobe identifies the flaw category but has not published the executable, library name, searched directory, or unsafe loading call involved. Exploitation requires local execution and user interaction; loaded code runs with the privileges of the affected ColdFusion process.
Summary
What happened
DLL search-order hijacking in Adobe ColdFusion 2016 and 2018 allows local users to escalate privileges through malicious DLL loading. Adobe identifies the flaw category but has not published the executable, library name, searched directory, or unsafe loading call involved. Exploitation requires local execution and user interaction; loaded code runs with the privileges of the affected ColdFusion process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-3768
- Published
- Jun 26, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Adobe
- Product
- ColdFusion
- Classifications
- CWE-426, T1574.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 26, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=ColdFusion 2016, and ColdFusion 2018 versions
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