Application Details
Adobe ColdFusion is a rapid web application development platform used to create and manage web pages.
Vulnerability
Adobe ColdFusion could allow Improper Access Control that could result in arbitrary code execution on the system.
Identification
By inserting arbitrary CFML (ColdFusion Markup Language) tags into an existing file, and then translating this file, the attacker can achieve arbitrary remote code execution.
POST /testing.cfc?method=foo&_cfclient=true
PAYLOAD - _variables={<cfexecute name='c:\windows\notepad.exe'></cfexecute>
Detection
By turning this into a traffic file and matching rule, we are able to detect attempts to execute arbitrary code on the system.
Coverage
Idappcom have created signature 8024449 along with a traffic file for this vulnerability.
References
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