SB2013050801 - Directory traversal in Adobe ColdFusion
Published: May 8, 2013 Updated: March 13, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013050801
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Directory traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-3336)
CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper validation of the user-supplied input. A remote attacker can create specially crafted HTTP request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) and view contents of arbitrary files on vulnerable system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information and compromise vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.