SB2013111202 - Two vulnerabilities in Adobe ColdFusion
Published: November 12, 2013 Updated: March 24, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013111202
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5328)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can read arbitrary files on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure on the vulnerable system.
2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5326)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-input within CFIDE directory. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user’s browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.