CVE-2009-3960: Adobe BlazeDS Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- Is it exploited?
Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 7 Mar 2022, 4,403 days after the CVE record was published.
- How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
- 90.1%
EPSS score, percentile 99.8 of all scored records
- How severe?
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS v3.1 base score, from CISA's enrichment of the record
- What should I do?
CISA deadline 7 Sep 2022. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
- Which versions are affected?
Not stated. The CVE record gives vendor and product as “n/a” and the version as “unspecified”.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
What to do
Required action, set by CISA
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA due date for this action: 7 September 2022.
Advisories and patches
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
Linked from CISA's catalog entry
Affected products and versions
The CVE record does not name affected products or versions: vendor and product are “n/a” and the version is “unspecified”.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
About this vulnerability
Adobe BlazeDS, which is utilized in LifeCycle and Coldfusion, contains a vulnerability that allows for information disclosure.
Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA added CVE-2009-3960 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 7 Mar 2022.
- CISA marks it as known to be used in ransomware campaigns.
- The due date CISA sets for the required action is 7 Sep 2022.
- The CVE record was published on 15 Feb 2010, 4,403 days before it was added to KEV.
- The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium), taken from CISA's enrichment of the record.
- FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 90.1% (percentile 99.8), as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact partial.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
Description
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.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 15 Feb 2010 | CVE record published |
| 7 Mar 2022 | Added to CISA KEV |
| 7 Sep 2022 | CISA due date for the required action |
| 6 Aug 2026 | CVE record last updated |
References
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