CVE-2015-4538 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The XML parser in EMC Atmos before 2.2.3.426 and 2.3.x before 2.3.1.0 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Published: 2015-09-04

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:emc:atmos:2.2.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:atmos:2.3.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-4558	The XML parser in EMC Atmos before 2.2.3.426 and 2.3.x before 2.3.1.0 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00737.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133405/EMC-Atmos-2.3.0-XML-External-Entity-Injection.html
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/Sep/7
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033456

History

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Subscriptions

Emc Atmos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: dell

Published: 2015-09-04T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:18:11.941Z

Reserved: 2015-06-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-4538

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-09-04T01:59:00.113

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

Link: CVE-2015-4538

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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