Patchfirst
CVE-2023-38204 Critical · 9.8 EPSS 66.9%

Bypass APSB23-41 (CVE-2023-38203) - Pre-Auth RCE ColdFusion 2021 Update 8

Adobe · ColdFusion

Summary

A deserialization of untrusted data flaw exists in Adobe ColdFusion versions 2018u18 and earlier, 2021u8 and earlier, and 2023u2 and earlier. An attacker who can reach the service over the network can achieve arbitrary code execution, and no authentication or user interaction is needed.

Official description · CVE.org

Adobe ColdFusion versions 2018u18 (and earlier), 2021u8 (and earlier) and 2023u2 (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.

Breakdown
62.8 / 100
Exploited
Yes, in VulnCheck KEV
Reports
0
Tactics
0/15

First seen exploited 15 days before it was disclosed.

  1. First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence15 days before
  2. Disclosedday 0

techniques

No techniques linked

No ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.

What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

Also mentioned in 2 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

Pulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.

References

1 link, grouped by NVD tag
↑ ↓ chooseEnter openEsc close