# CVE-2010-2861: Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the administrator console in Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to re

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=active, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2022-03-25, remediation due 2022-04-15
- Public exploit code: 2 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2010-08-11 · Updated: 2026-10-01

## Summary

Adobe ColdFusion's administrator console is affected, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the server through a manipulated locale parameter. This could expose sensitive system files and configuration data to unauthorized parties.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

No affected packages have been listed by the sources.

## Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the administrator console in Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the locale parameter to (1) CFIDE/administrator/settings/mappings.cfm, (2) logging/settings.cfm, (3) datasources/index.cfm, (4) j2eepackaging/editarchive.cfm, and (5) enter.cfm in CFIDE/administrator/.

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## References

- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/coldfusion-directory-traversal-faq-cve-2010-2861/
- http://www.procheckup.com/vulnerability_manager/vulnerabilities/pr10-07
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-18.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8137
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8148
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14641
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16985

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