CVE-2019-20406

HIGH

Atlassian Confluence < 7.0.5 - Uncontrolled Search Path

Title source: rule

Description

The usage of Tomcat in Confluence on the Microsoft Windows operating system before version 7.0.5, and from version 7.1.0 before version 7.1.1 allows local system attackers who have permission to write a DLL file in a directory in the global path environmental variable variable to inject code & escalate their privileges via a DLL hijacking vulnerability.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-59428

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0016

EPSS Percentile 36.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-427

Status published

Affected Products (2)

atlassian/confluence < 7.0.5

atlassian/confluence_server

Timeline

Published Feb 06, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026