CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-43940
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-02-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427
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 configurations
• atlassian confluence data center (< 7.4.10)
• atlassian confluence data center (>= 7.5.0 < 7.12.3)
• atlassian confluence server (< 7.4.10)
• atlassian confluence server (>= 7.5.0 < 7.12.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness
References
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-66550 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-66550 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory