Path Traversal in Opentext Documentum Content Server
CVE-2017-15276
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 allows uploading content using batches (TAR archives). When unpacking TAR archives, Content Server fails to verify the contents of an archive, which causes a path traversal vulnerability via symlinks. Because some files on the Content Server filesystem are security-sensitive, this leads to privilege escalation.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
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: 0.095 (95.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.095 · newest: 0.095 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101639 (vdb-entry)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43002/ (exploit)
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2017/Oct/19 (Mailing List, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-15276?
- CVE-2017-15276 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opentext Documentum Content Server, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-10-13.
- How severe is CVE-2017-15276?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.