Privilege Escalation via Insecure Security Context Passing in ColdFusion 4.5 and 5

CVE-2001-1514 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

ColdFusion 4.5 and 5, when running on Windows with the advanced security sandbox type set to "operating system," does not properly pass security context to (1) child processes created with <CFEXECUTE> and (2) child processes that call the CreateProcess function and are executed with <CFOBJECT> or end with the CFX extension, which allows attackers to execute programs with the permissions of the System account.

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