Check Point Advisories

Adobe ColdFusion Directory Traversal (APSB10-18; CVE-2010-2861)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2010-369
Date Published:	5 Sep 2010
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Sunday 05 September, 2010
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-2861
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Adobe ColdFusion is a rapid application development platform that includes advanced features for enterprise integration and development of rich Internet applications. A directory traversal vulnerability has been reported in Adobe ColdFusion. The vulnerability is due to a design weakness in the ColdFusion administration console which fails to properly sanitize input passed to the admin page. A remote attacker may exploit this issue to retrieve arbitrary files from the target system via directory traversal, including the password file for the ColdFusion administration console. With this password file, an attacker can upload and execute arbitrary ColdFusion code within the security context of System.

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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe ColdFusion Directory Traversal (APSB10-18) 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 directory traversal (APSB10-18)