Check Point Advisories

Adobe ColdFusion Server URL Manipulation Cross-Site Scripting (APSB09-12; CVE-2009-1875)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2009-191
Date Published:	14 Sep 2009
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 14 September, 2009
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-1875
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe ColdFusion server. Adobe ColdFusion is an application server for developing dynamically generated Web sites. A remote attacker could exploit this issue to execute a cross-site scripting attack that could potentially lead to code execution. The vulnerability is due to an error in the Adobe ColdFusion server that fails to sufficiently validate input when processing client HTTP requests. A remote attacker could trigger this issue via a specially crafted HTTP request. Successful exploitation of this issue will allow the attacker to inject arbitrary web script or HTML to the vulnerable server.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe ColdFusion Server URL Manipulation Cross-Site Scripting (APSB09-12) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Adobe Products Violation.
Attack Information: Adobe ColdFusion Server URL manipulation cross-site scripting (APSB09-12)