CVE-2009-3960

Exp

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.

Published: 2010-02-15 Last update: 2026-04-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-3960 is rated Critical Active Threat (86.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 90.43%, 100th percentile). CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2022-03-07) affecting Adobe / BlazeDS. Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.

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CISA KEV Record for CVE-2009-3960

Name: Adobe BlazeDS Information Disclosure Vulnerability · CISA KEV detail

Exploit added: 2022-03-07

Action due: 2022-09-07

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-3960

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
41855 exploit_db edb 2017-04-07 Exploit-DB ↗
11529 exploit_db edb 2010-02-22 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3960

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-22 90.11% 90.43% +0.32%
2 2026-04-03 90.34% 90.11% -0.23%
3 2026-03-31 — 90.34% —

Full EPSS history (27 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3960

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-3960

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3960

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe blazeds <= 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:blazeds:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe coldfusion 7.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe coldfusion 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe coldfusion 8.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe coldfusion 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe flex_data_services 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:flex_data_services:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe livecycle 8.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:livecycle:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe livecycle 8.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:livecycle:8.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe livecycle 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:livecycle:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe livecycle_data_services 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:livecycle_data_services:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe livecycle_data_services 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:livecycle_data_services:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe livecycle_data_services 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:livecycle_data_services:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3960

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/38543 Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023584 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-05.html Not Applicable Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/62292 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38197 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41855/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-3960 US Government Resource
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