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CVE-2014-0645

EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance (CTA) 9.x through 10 SP1 and File Management Appliance (FMA) 7.x store DES password hashes for the root, super, and admin accounts, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via a brute-force attack.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-0645 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 4 products from emc, from emc, from emc and 1 other, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-04-17T01:55:05.690

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.7 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-255

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	emc	cloud_tiering_appliance_software	9.0	Yes
Application	emc	cloud_tiering_appliance_software	10.0	Yes
Application	emc	cloud_tiering_appliance_software	10.0	Yes
Hardware	emc	cloud_tiering_appliance	-	Yes
Application	emc	file_management_appliance_software	7.0	Yes
Hardware	emc	file_management_appliance	-	Yes

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-04/0094.html ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/426 ([email protected])
https://gist.github.com/brandonprry/9895721 ([email protected])
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-04/0094.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/426 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://gist.github.com/brandonprry/9895721 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For emc's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.