Allaire Coldfusion Server 4.0/4.0.1 Administration path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Allaire Coldfusion Server 4.0/4.0.1. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Administration. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability appears as CVE-1999-0756. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Allaire Coldfusion Server 4.0/4.0.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Administration. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

ColdFusion Administrator with Advanced Security enabled allows remote users to stop the ColdFusion server via the Start/Stop utility.

The weakness was presented 03/12/2001 as ASB99-07 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at allaire.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-0756. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10151 (Allaire Macromedia ColdFusion samples are present Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 935.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (2207), SecurityFocus (BID 274†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-720†). See VDB-16488 for similar entry. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Snort ID: 935
Snort Message: SERVER-OTHER Adobe Coldfusion startstop DOS access
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ASB99-07
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0756 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0756
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16483
X-Force: 2207 - ColdFusion Web administration feature can be used to stop the CF server
SecurityFocus: 274 - Allaire ColdFusion Start/Stop Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 720 - DoS in ColdFusion via Start/Stop Utility, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/03/2014 12:58
Updated: 05/08/2019 11:20
Changes: 07/03/2014 12:58 (67), 05/08/2019 11:20 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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