Adobe ColdFusion 7.0.2/8.0/8.0.1/9.0 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe ColdFusion 7.0.2/8.0/8.0.1/9.0. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-3960. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe ColdFusion 7.0.2/8.0/8.0.1/9.0 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented 02/11/2010 by Roberto Suggi Liverani with security-assessment.com (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-3960 since 11/16/2009. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

A public exploit has been developed by Roberto Suggi Liverani and been published 2 weeks after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 44937 (Multiple Adobe Products XML External Entity (XXE) Injection (APSB10-05)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12343 (Adobe Multiple Products XML and XML External Entity Injection Vulnerabilities (APSB10-05)). This issue was added on 03/07/2022 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 09/07/2022:

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (11529), Tenable (44937), SecurityFocus (BID 38197†), OSVDB (62292†) and Secunia (SA38543†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
Status: Attacked
Author: Roberto Suggi Liverani
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Nessus ID: 44937
Nessus Name: Multiple Adobe Products XML External Entity (XXE) Injection (APSB10-05)
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OpenVAS ID: 870870
OpenVAS Name: Adobe BlazeDS XML and XML External Entity Injection Vulnerabilities
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MetaSploit ID: adobe_xml_inject.rb
MetaSploit Name: Adobe XML External Entity Injection
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D2Sec: Adobe XML External Entity File Disclosure

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Roberto Suggi Liverani
Organization: security-assessment.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-3960 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3960
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51848

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SecurityFocus: 38197 - Adobe BlazeDS XML and XML External Entity Injection Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 38543 - Adobe Products XML Processing Information Disclosure, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 62292 - Adobe Multiple Products BlazeDS XML Request Handling Information Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1023584 - Adobe BlazeDS Unspecified Flaw Lets Remote Users Access Files on the Target System
Vulnerability Center: 24869 - [APSB10-05] Adobe BlazeDS <= 3.2 in Multiple Products Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

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

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Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 04/22/2026 05:26
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (68), 01/29/2018 16:07 (32), 09/02/2021 09:41 (3), 04/23/2024 20:45 (23), 07/16/2024 22:38 (12), 09/09/2024 22:29 (1), 02/04/2025 23:22 (11), 02/10/2025 01:32 (2), 04/22/2026 05:26 (11)
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