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CVE-2014-0644

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)…

EXPLOITHIGH 7.8EPSS 53.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 53.3%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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.

CVSS 2.0
7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
EPSS
53.34% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 31 March 2014
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200
Affected
emc/cloud tiering appliance software · emc/cloud tiering appliance
Source
security_alert@emc.com
EPSS trend
0%28%55%4 November 2026: 53.34%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 53.3% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-32623source ↗EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance 10.0 - XML External Entity Arbitrary File Read (Metasploit)multiple · Brandon Perrywebapps31 March 2014no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.