Adobe ColdFusion - Path Traversal (CVE-2010-2861)

CVE-2010-2861 is a critical vulnerability affecting Adobe ColdFusion, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files through path traversal in the administrator console's locale parameter.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 19th of June 2024.

According to CrowdSec data, while opportunistic exploitation dominates, a portion of threat actors trying to exploit CVE-2010-2861 apply basic targeting methods such as port or service detection. This indicates emerging patterns of selective targeting. Telemetry from the CrowdSec network also shows that exploitation activity for CVE-2010-2861 remains steady week-over-week. Attack volumes are consistent with long-term trends, indicating sustained interest from threat actors. CVE-2010-2861 continues to be an active part of the threat landscape and will likely remain this way for the forseeable future.

Observed exploitation attempts typically involve requests targeting /cfide/administrator/enter.cfm with crafted path traversal patterns.