Adobe ColdFusion Library Loader access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe ColdFusion. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Library Loader. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2018-4938. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Adobe ColdFusion (Programming Language Software) (version now known). Affected is some unknown processing of the component Library Loader. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Adobe ColdFusion Update 5 and earlier versions, ColdFusion 11 Update 13 and earlier versions have an exploitable Insecure Library Loading vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to local privilege escalation.

The bug was discovered 04/10/2018. The weakness was released 04/10/2018 by Matthias Kaiser with Code White (Website). The advisory is available at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-4938 since 01/03/2018. Local access is required to approach this attack. Required for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 109017 (Adobe ColdFusion 11.x < 11u14 / 2016.x < 2016u6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-14)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370874 (Adobe Security Hotfix for ColdFusion (APSB18-04)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (109017) and SecurityFocus (BID 103718†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-118027, VDB-118028, VDB-118029 and VDB-118030. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 109017
Nessus Name: Adobe ColdFusion 11.x < 11u14 / 2016.x < 2016u6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-14)
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OpenVAS ID: 860355
OpenVAS Name: Adobe ColdFusion Multiple Vulnerabilities-APSB18-14
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: helpx.adobe.com
Researcher: Matthias Kaiser
Organization: Code White
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-4938 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4938
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-118026
SecurityFocus: 103718 - Adobe ColdFusion APSB18-14 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/20/2018 10:49
Updated: 05/06/2025 19:56
Changes: 05/20/2018 10:49 (72), 02/07/2020 15:43 (7), 05/06/2025 19:56 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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