# CVE-2014-4634: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse application in a path with spaces, affecting EMC Replication Manager and AppSync.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Dec 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gm5j-v4fx-cqp5

## What is CVE-2014-4634?

CVE-2014-4634 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Dec 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in EMC Replication Manager through 5.5.2 and AppSync before 2.1.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse application with a name composed of an initial substring of a path that contains a space character.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4634?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Emc Appsync, Emc Replication Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-4634?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-4634 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-4634 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4634 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2017-8015](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8015/): EMC AppSync (all versions prior to 3.5) contains a SQL injection vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to com (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-14376](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14376/): Hardcoded credentials in EMC AppSync Server versions prior to 3.5.0.1 (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2017-8018](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8018/): Denial of service in EMC AppSync host plug-in versions 3.5 and below (Windows platform only) (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-32458](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32458/): Privilege escalation in Dell EMC AppSync (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-4634 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-4634 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Dec 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4634 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4634/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4634/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4634
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4634
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-4634

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4634/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.