Vulnerability in IBM Filenet Content Manager

CVE-2010-2896

IBM FileNet Content Manager (CM) 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.5.0, and 4.5.1 before FP4 does not properly manage the InheritParentPermissions setting during an upgrade from 3.x, which might allow attackers to bypass intended folder permissions via unspecified vectors.

Published 2010-07-28 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Filenet Content Manager — versions 4.0.1, 4.0.0, 4.5.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1847 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/40614 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)