Vulnerability CVE-2014-6166 - CERT Civis.Net

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2014-6166 (CCN-97746)

Assigned:

2014-12-08

Published:

2014-12-08

Updated:

2017-09-08

Summary:

The Communications Enabled Applications (CEA) service in IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0.x before 8.0.0.10 and 8.5.x before 8.5.5.4, and Feature Pack for CEA 1.x before 1.0.0.15, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

CCWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

CVSS v3 Severity:

5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
3.2 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
3.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

Vulnerability Type:

Vulnerability Consequences:

Obtain Information

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2014-6166

Source: AIXAPAR
Type: UNKNOWN
PI25310

Source: AIXAPAR
Type: UNKNOWN
PI28632

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 1690185
Potential Security Vulnerabilities fixed in IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5.4

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21690185

Source: CCN
Type: BID-71836
IBM WebSphere Application Server XML External Entity Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ibm-websphere-cve20146166-info-disc(97746)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ibm-websphere-cve20146166-info-disc(97746)

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

AND

cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:8.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable