Secunia Security Advisory - Sean Waddell has reported a security issue in Macromedia ColdFusion MX, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose some potentially sensitive information.
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TITLE:
Macromedia ColdFusion MX Exposure of Class Files
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14881
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14881/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Macromedia ColdFusion MX 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/864/
DESCRIPTION:
Sean Waddell has reported a security issue in Macromedia ColdFusion
MX, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose some
potentially sensitive information.
The problem is caused due to an error in the ColdFusion MX 6.1
Updater, where certain class files are incorrectly placed inside the
web root.
The security issue has been reported in ColdFusion MX 6.1 for JRun4
(Updater 1).
SOLUTION:
Apply workaround (see original advisory).
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Sean Waddell, ESP Group
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Macromedia:
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/mpsb05-02.html
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