CVE-2010-2861

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-25. Federal remediation due 2022-04-15.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

99.72% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 100.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-14.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2010-08-11 18:00Z16 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-14 03:55Z21 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2010-07-27

Assigning CNA

adobe

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

ad157494c6e48d28580f75d6bec7a3305ced2a7dda6b71cf74ff99c94e9337a7

• www.gnucitizen.orghttp://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/coldfusion-directory-traversal-faq-cve-2010-2861/x_refsource_MISC
• www.procheckup.comhttp://www.procheckup.com/vulnerability_manager/vulnerabilities/pr10-07x_refsource_MISC
• www.adobe.comhttp://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-18.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• securityreason.com8137http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8137third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
• securityreason.com8148http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8148third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-2861government-resource