CVE-2019-20406 describes a DLL hijacking vulnerability affecting Atlassian Confluence running on Microsoft Windows, specifically versions before 7.0.5 and version 7.1.0. An attacker with local system access and write permissions to a directory in the global path environment variable can inject malicious code and escalate privileges. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a low attack complexity and local attack vector, with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 7.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_server:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 7.0.5CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_data_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 7.1.1CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_data_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.