CVE-2009-3960
Adobe BlazeDS Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 7 September 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in BlazeDS 3.2 and earlier, as used in LiveCycle 8.0.1, 8.2.1, and 9.0, LiveCycle Data Services 2.5.1, 2.6.1, and 3.0, Flex Data Services 2.0.1, and ColdFusion 7.0.2, 8.0, 8.0.1, and 9.0, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors that are associated with a request, and related to injected tags and external entity references in XML documents.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 90.12% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 22 February 2010
- CISA KEV
- Listed 7 March 2022 · due 7 September 2022 · used in ransomware campaigns
- Affected
- adobe/blazeds · adobe/coldfusion · adobe/flex data services · adobe/livecycle · adobe/livecycle data services
- Source
- psirt@adobe.com
EPSS 90.1% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3960
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38543Broken Link
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023584Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-05.htmlNot Applicable, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/62292Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38197Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41855/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38543Broken Link
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023584Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-05.htmlNot Applicable, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/62292Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38197Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41855/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-3960US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.