CVE-2021-43940

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-43940
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-02-15 04:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-07-27 14:41:00 UTC
DescriptionAffected versions of Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center allow authenticated local attackers to achieve elevated privileges on the local system via a DLL Hijacking vulnerability in the Confluence installer. This vulnerability only affects installations of Confluence Server and Data Center on Windows. The affected versions are before version 7.4.10, and from version 7.5.0 before 7.12.3.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-427

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Atlassian Confluence Data Center All All All All
Application Atlassian Confluence Server All All All All
Application Atlassian Data Center All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[CONFSERVER-66550] Local Privilege Escalation via DLL hijack - CVE-2021-43940 - Create and track feature requests for Atlassian products. MISC jira.atlassian.com
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 730472 Atlassian Confluence Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CONFSERVER-66550)
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