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What account does ColdFusion Server run under?

April 26, 2017account ColdFusion run server

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What account does ColdFusion Server run under?

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When running any CFML code, that code is run by the CF service, with the rights of whatever user or security context the CF service runs in. On Windows, by default, the CF service like most services runs as SYSTEM. The SYSTEM security context is used by the operating system itself, and has the highest level of privileges on the local machine, but no rights to network resources.