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CVE-2009-3960

Unspecified vulnerability in BlazeDS 3.2 and earlier, as used in LiveCycle 8.0.1, 8.2.1, and 9.0, LiveCycle Data Services 2.5.1, 2.6.1, and 3.0, Flex Data Services 2.0.1, and ColdFusion 7.0.2, 8.0, 8.0.1, and 9.0, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors that are associated with a request, and related to injected tags and external entity references in XML documents.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity though user interaction is required and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), for affected systems. Impacting 5 products from adobe, from adobe, from adobe and 2 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2010-02-15T18:30:00.407

Last Modified

2025-10-22T01:15:35.130

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	adobe	blazeds	≤ 3.2	Yes
Application	adobe	coldfusion	7.0.2	Yes
Application	adobe	coldfusion	8.0	Yes
Application	adobe	coldfusion	8.0.1	Yes
Application	adobe	coldfusion	9.0	Yes
Application	adobe	flex_data_services	2.0.1	Yes
Application	adobe	livecycle	8.0.1	Yes
Application	adobe	livecycle	8.2.1	Yes
Application	adobe	livecycle	9.0	Yes
Application	adobe	livecycle_data_services	2.5.1	Yes
Application	adobe	livecycle_data_services	2.6.1	Yes
Application	adobe	livecycle_data_services	3.0	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/38543 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023584 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-05.html Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/62292 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38197 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41855/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/38543 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023584 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-05.html Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/62292 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38197 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41855/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-3960 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For adobe's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.