CVE-2016-4264
The Office Open XML (OOXML) feature in Adobe ColdFusion 10 before Update 21 and 11 before Update 10 allows remote attackers to read…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- adobe
Description
The Office Open XML (OOXML) feature in Adobe ColdFusion 10 before Update 21 and 11 before Update 10 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or send TCP requests to intranet servers via a crafted OOXML spreadsheet containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- 40346 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By adobe
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 69.0% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 40346 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 1036708 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20160907 CVE-2016-4264 Adobe ColdFusion <= 11 XXE Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Adobe-ColdFusion-11-XXE-Exploit-CVE-2016-4264.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 92684 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb16-30.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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