CVE-2001-1514 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in ColdFusion 4.5 and 5 when configured with the "operating system" security sandbox on Windows. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary programs with System-level privileges by exploiting improper security context passing to child processes initiated via CFEXECUTE, CFOBJECT, or CFX extensions. Rated with a CVSS score of 10.0 (Critical), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit intelligence, active exploitation, or significant community discussion reported for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:macromedia:coldfusion:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:macromedia:coldfusion:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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