CVE-2014-0644

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Published Apr 17, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 53.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance (CTA) 10 through SP1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an api/login request containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, as demonstrated by reading the /etc/shadow file.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:emc:cloud_tiering_appliance_software:10.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:cloud_tiering_appliance_software:10.0:sp1::::::

cpe:2.3:h:emc:cloud_tiering_appliance:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 53.3% (53.342% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-04/0094.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/426
https://gist.github.com/brandonprry/9895721

History

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Subscriptions

Emc Cloud Tiering Appliance Cloud Tiering Appliance Software

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 9:20 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: dell
Published: Apr 17, 2014, 1:00 AM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 9:20 AM
Reserved: Jan 2, 2014, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:03 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 17, 2014, 1:55 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:03 AM

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