Secunia Security Advisory - Inge Henriksen has reported a vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion MX, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information.
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TITLE:
Adobe ColdFusion MX File Content Disclosure Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23668
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23668/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Adobe ColdFusion MX 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/4984/
DESCRIPTION:
Inge Henriksen has reported a vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion MX,
which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially
sensitive information.
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error when
processing URL-encoded file names. This can be exploited to view
arbitrary files on the web root via a specially crafted URL with a
doubly-encoded NULL byte and an extension that is handled by
ColdFusion e.g. ".cfm".
The vulnerability is reported in version 7.0.2 running on Windows
IIS. Other versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Apply hotfix (See vendor's advisory for details).
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Discovered by Inge Henriksen and reported via iDefense Labs.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Adobe:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-02.html
iDefense Labs:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=466
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