3239 : ColdFusion sourcewindow.cfm View Arbitrary File
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10 months ago

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Disclosure

Feb 04, 1999

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Unknown

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Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

ColdFusion contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker to read any file on the system. The flaw is due to poor sanity checking on arguments passed to the sourcewindow.cfm script, which is installed by default.

Classification

Unknown or Incomplete

Solution

Users of ColdFusion 4.0 should upgrade or patch to version 4.0.1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. Users of ColdFusion 2.x or 3.x should remove all sample applications, as the 4.0.1 patch does not apply to your installations.

Products

Macromedia, Inc.
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ColdFusion
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4.0
2.x
3.x

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