Macromedia ColdFusion MX CFIDE/probe.cfm Direct Request Path Disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11558

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Synopsis

The remote host is running an application that is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

A vulnerability has been reported for Macromedia ColdFusion MX that may reveal the physical path information to attackers.

When certain malformed URL requests (port 8500) are received by the server, an error message is returned containing the full path of the ColdFusion installation.

Solution

Change the 'Debugging Settings' on the Administrator console of the ColdFusion server. This can be achieved by disabling the 'Enable Robust Exception Information' option.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11558

File Name: Macromedia_ColdFusion_MX_Path_Disclosure_Vulnerability.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 4/30/2003

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:macromedia:coldfusion

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-1469

BID: 7443

CWE: 200

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