Threats / Adobe / CVE-2013-0629
CVE-2013-0629
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Adobe ColdFusion vulnerability
Adobe ColdFusion contains a directory traversal vulnerability allowing unauthorized access to restricted directories.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit path traversal to bypass access controls and read sensitive files outside intended application directories. Active exploitation in the wild increases risk.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
3 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-07).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.65902 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Adobe, ColdFusion. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-264 Permissions/Privileges/Access Control — weakness family: Authorization / access control.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft a malicious request with path traversal sequences to navigate outside the web root.
Business
Confidential application files, configuration data, and system information become accessible to external threat actors.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I access restricted directories to locate database credentials, API keys, or other secrets stored in configuration files.
Business
Compromised credentials enable lateral movement and unauthorized access to backend systems and data stores.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I enumerate system paths and retrieve sensitive operational data to plan further attacks.
Business
Attackers gain intelligence for targeted exploitation of downstream systems and services.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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