CVE-2014-0644 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2014-04-17

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 74.0% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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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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

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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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.

The EPSS score is 0.74022.

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: dell

Published: 2014-04-17T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:20:19.877Z

Reserved: 2014-01-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-0644

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-04-17T01:55:05.657

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-0644

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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