CVE-2015-4538

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-4538
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdell
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-09-04 01:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Emc Atmos 2.2.3 All All All
Application Emc Atmos 2.3.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bugtraq: ESA-2015-137: EMC Atmos XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
EMC Atmos 2.3.0 XML External Entity Injection ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
EMC Atmos XML External Entity Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
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