CVE-2009-3960 Adobe BlazeDS Information Disclosure

Exploited in the wild Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can obtain sensitive information via XML external entity injection in Adobe BlazeDS and related products.

Exploited in the wild
Since 7 Mar 2022
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2009-3960?

CVE-2009-3960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, published on 15 Feb 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in BlazeDS 3.2 and earlier, as used in LiveCycle 8.0.1, 8.2.1, and 9.0, LiveCycle Data Services 2.5.1, 2.6.1, and 3.0, Flex Data Services 2.0.1, and ColdFusion 7.0.2, 8.0, 8.0.1, and 9.0, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors that are associated with a request, and related to injected tags and external entity references in XML documents.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3960?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Adobe Blazeds, Adobe Coldfusion, Adobe Flex Data Services, Adobe Livecycle, Adobe Livecycle Data Services.

How do I fix CVE-2009-3960?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3960 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 7 Sep 2022.

Is CVE-2009-3960 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2009-3960 in the wild since at least 7 Mar 2022, including in ransomware campaigns.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries.

All Adobe Coldfusion vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5wf6-gpr3-53cq.

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