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CVE-2014-6166

The Communications Enabled Applications (CEA) service in IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0.x before 8.0.0.10 and 8.5.

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.0031
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Affected Products & Versions

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ibm websphere application serverall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · psirt@us.ibm.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published to NVD18 Dec 2014 · 04:59 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI25310
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI28632
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21690185Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97746
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