Privilege escalation in Opentext Documentum Content Server
CVE-2017-15013
OpenText Documentum Content Server (formerly EMC Documentum Content Server) through 7.3 contains the following design gap, which allows an authenticated user to gain superuser privileges: Content Server stores information about uploaded files in dmr_content objects, which are queryable and "editable" (before release 7.2P02, any authenticated user was able to edit dmr_content objects; now any authenticated user may delete a dmr_content object and then create a new one with the old identifier) by authenticated users; this allows any authenticated user to replace the content of security-sensitive dmr_content objects (for example, dmr_content related to dm_method objects) and gain superuser privileges.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.066 (93.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.066 · newest: 0.066 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43004/ (exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101639 (vdb-entry)
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2017/Oct/19 (Mailing List, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-15013?
- CVE-2017-15013 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opentext Documentum Content Server, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-10-13.
- How severe is CVE-2017-15013?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.