What is CVE-2009-3960?

CVE-2009-3960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Blazeds. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2010-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2009-3960?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2009-3960 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2009-3960 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-07), indicating it is being actively exploited. 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

Vulnerability in Adobe Blazeds

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.

Published 2010-02-15 · last modified 2026-08-06.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.901 (99.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-15.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.900 · newest: 0.901 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Adobe Blazeds
Adobe Coldfusion — versions 7.0.2, 8.0, 8.0.1
Adobe Flex Data Services — versions 2.0.1
Adobe Livecycle — versions 8.0.1, 8.2.1, 9.0
Adobe Livecycle Data Services — versions 2.5.1, 2.6.1, 3.0

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2022-03-07. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2022-09-07.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Known ransomware campaign use: yes.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/38197 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.osvdb.org/62292 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
secunia.com/advisories/38543 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41855/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-05.html (Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory)
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (US Government Resource)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-3960?: CVE-2009-3960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Blazeds. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2010-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2009-3960?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2009-3960 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2009-3960 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-07), indicating it is being actively exploited. 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.