Check Point Advisories

Adobe ColdFusion Server Cross-Site Request Forgery (APSB09-12; CVE-2009-1872)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2009-193
Date Published:	14 Sep 2009
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 29 December, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-1872
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Multiple Cross Site Scripting (XSS) and Cross-Site Request Forgery (XSRF) vulnerabilities have 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 vulnerabilities are 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 by sending a malicious link to an administrator. Successful exploitation of this issue will allow the attacker to steal administrator's cookie or change the administrator password.

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 Cross-Site Request Forgery (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 cross-site request forgery (APSB09-12)