CVE-2014-0644 EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 53.3% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 53.34% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-200 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2014-04-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| emc | cloud tiering appliance |
| emc | cloud tiering appliance software |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance 10.0 - XML External Entity Arbitrary File Read (Metasploit) | 2014-03-31 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-04/0094.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/426
- https://gist.github.com/brandonprry/9895721
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-04/0094.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/426
- https://gist.github.com/brandonprry/9895721
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