CVE-2022-38420 (GCVE-0-2022-38420)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-14 19:42 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:49
VLAI
Title
Adobe ColdFusion Use of Hard-coded Credentials Application denial-of-service
Summary
Adobe ColdFusion versions Update 14 (and earlier) and Update 4 (and earlier) are affected by a Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability that could result in application denial-of-service by gaining access to start/stop arbitrary services. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-23 13:06 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798)
Assigner
adobe CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 75/100 over 817 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Adobe ColdFusion Affected: unspecified , ≤ CF2021U4 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ CF2018u14 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ None (custom)
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Date Public
2022-10-11 00:00
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