Adobe ColdFusion 2018 Update 4/up to 2016 Update 11 injection

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Adobe ColdFusion 2018 Update 4/up to 2016 Update 11. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-8073. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe ColdFusion 2018 Update 4/up to 2016 Update 11 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

ColdFusion 2018- update 4 and earlier and ColdFusion 2016- update 11 and earlier have a Command Injection via Vulnerable component vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to Arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

The weakness was disclosed 09/27/2019 as APSB19-47 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-8073 since 02/12/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/12/2020). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1055 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Programming Language Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• ColdFusion

Version

• 2018 Update 4
• <=2016 Update 11

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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