Adobe ColdFusion deserialization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe ColdFusion. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes deserialization. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-4939. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Adobe ColdFusion (Programming Language Software) (version unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe ColdFusion Update 5 and earlier versions, ColdFusion 11 Update 13 and earlier versions have an exploitable Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

The bug was discovered 04/10/2018. The weakness was disclosed 04/10/2018 by Matthias Kaiser with Code White (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-4939 since 01/03/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

It is declared as attacked. 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)). The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 11/03/2021 with a due date of 05/03/2022:

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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†). The entries VDB-118026, VDB-118028, VDB-118029 and VDB-118030 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Deserialization
CWE: CWE-502 / CWE-20
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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-2018-4939 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4939
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-118027
SecurityFocus: 103718 - Adobe ColdFusion APSB18-14 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/20/2018 10:49
Updated: 02/05/2025 01:47
Changes: 05/20/2018 10:49 (70), 02/07/2020 15:39 (7), 04/19/2024 12:21 (28), 09/09/2024 22:29 (1), 01/23/2025 16:52 (3), 02/05/2025 01:47 (11)
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