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Vulnerability · Published Feb 15, 2022 · Assigned by atlassian

CVE-2021-43940

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity uncontrolled search path in Confluence Data Center from Atlassian. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Affected 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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Atlassian Confluence Server unspecified – before 7.4.107.5.0 – before unspecifiedunspecified – before 7.12.3
Atlassian Confluence Data Center unspecified – before 7.4.107.5.0 – before unspecifiedunspecified – before 7.12.3

Weakness: CWE-427 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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