High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 6, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-20406
CVE-2019-20406
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.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <7.0.5
- cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_server:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <7.0.5, 7.1.0 to <7.1.1
- Range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-59428nvdVendor Advisory
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