EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance Software up to 10.0 Login information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance Software up to 10.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Login. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-0644. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance Software up to 10.0 (Cloud Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Login. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 04/16/2014 by Brandon Perry (Website). The advisory is shared at gist.github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-0644 since 01/02/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73373 (EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance XML External Entity (XXE) Arbitrary File Disclosure), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (92206), Tenable (73373), SecurityFocus (BID 66547†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-44596†). The entry VDB-69378 is pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 73373
Nessus Name: EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance XML External Entity (XXE) Arbitrary File Disclosure
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03/31/2014 +88 days 🔍
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03/25/2015 +308 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dellemc.com

Advisory: gist.github.com
Researcher: Brandon Perry
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-0644 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0644
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69377
X-Force: 92206
SecurityFocus: 66547 - EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance (CTA) XML External Entity Injection vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 44596 - EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance (CTA) Remote File System Read via API/Login Request Related to XML External Entity, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 05/11/2026 05:13
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (62), 05/28/2017 12:50 (7), 03/15/2022 10:55 (4), 12/25/2024 21:44 (18), 05/11/2026 05:13 (2)
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