What is CVE-2014-0644?

CVE-2014-0644 is a vulnerability in EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance, classified under Information Disclosure. Published 2014-04-17.

Is CVE-2014-0644 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance

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) issue, as demonstrated by reading the /etc/shadow file.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2014-04-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.533 (99.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.533 · newest: 0.533 · change: 0.000

Affected products

EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance Software — versions 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rapid7/metasploit-framework

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-04/0094.html (mailing-list)
gist.github.com/brandonprry/9895721
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/426 (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-0644?: CVE-2014-0644 is a vulnerability in EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance, classified under Information Disclosure. Published 2014-04-17.
Is CVE-2014-0644 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.