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CVE-2001-1514

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

ColdFusion 4.5 and 5, when running on Windows with the advanced security sandbox type set to "operating system," does not properly pass security context to (1) child processes created with <CFEXECUTE> and (2) child processes that call the CreateProcess function and are executed with <CFOBJECT> or end with the CFX extension, which allows attackers to execute programs with the permissions of the System account.

Affected products

• Macromedia Coldfusion: 4.5, 5.0

References

• http://www.macromedia.com/v1/Handlers/index.cfm?ID=22263
• http://www.macromedia.com/v1/Handlers/index.cfm?ID=22263

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