CVE-2019-20406

Summary

CVECVE-2019-20406
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-06 03:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-12-13 16:05:00 UTC
DescriptionThe usage of Tomcat in Confluence on the Microsoft Windows operating system before version 7.0.5, and from version 7.1.0 before version 7.1.1 allows local system attackers who have permission to write a DLL file in a directory in the global path environmental variable variable to inject code & escalate their privileges via a DLL hijacking vulnerability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-427

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Atlassian Confluence All All All All
Application Atlassian Confluence 7.1.0 All All All
Application Atlassian Confluence All All All All
Application Atlassian Confluence 7.1.0 All All All
Application Atlassian Confluence Server 7.1.0 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[CONFSERVER-59428] Confluence on Windows was vulnerable to DLL hijacking - CVE-2019-20406 - Create and track feature requests for Atlassian products. N/A jira.atlassian.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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