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CVE-2023-38203

CVE-2023-38203CRITICAL

Adobe ColdFusion — Analysis CVE-2023-29300 Bypass: Adobe ColdFusion Pre-Auth RCE

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  U  H  H  H    9.8   .9707   99.9   YES

AFFECTED
  Product     Versions     Fixed
  ColdFusion  unspecified  —

TIMELINE
  Jul 13  Reserved by adobe
  Jul 20  Published (CNA: adobe)
  Jan 8   Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2024-01-29

CWE-502 · CNA: adobe · CVSS v3.1 · 2 references · KEV due January 29, 2024

Description

Adobe ColdFusion versions 2018u17 (and earlier), 2021u7 (and earlier) and 2023u1 (and earlier) are affected by a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability that could result in Arbitrary code execution. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
July 13, 2023	Reserved	Reserved by adobe
July 20, 2023	Published	Published (CNA: adobe)
January 8, 2024	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2024-01-29

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
Adobe	ColdFusion	—	—	—

Weaknesses

CWE-502

References (2)

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb23-41.html [vendor-advisory]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-38203 [government-resource]

Authoritative record: CVE-2023-38203 at cve.org

Vendors: adobe

Weaknesses: CWE-502

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