Deserialization of untrusted data in ColdFusion - CVE-2018-15958
Published: September 11, 2018 / Updated: September 11, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14747
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-15958
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
ColdFusion
ColdFusion
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing serialized data. A remote unauthenticated attacker can pass specially crafted serialized data to the affected application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-15958
Install update from vendor's website.