Vulnerability in Opentext Documentum Content Server
CVE-2023-31871
OpenText Documentum Content Server before 23.2 has a flaw that allows for privilege escalation from a non-privileged Documentum user to root. The software comes prepackaged with a root owned SUID binary dm_secure_writer. The binary has security controls in place preventing creation of a file in a non-owned directory, or as the root user. However, these controls can be carefully bypassed to allow for an arbitrary file write as root.
EPSS: 0.003 (20.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Opentext Documentum_content_server
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-31871?
- CVE-2023-31871 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opentext Documentum Content Server, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-05-18.
- How severe is CVE-2023-31871?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.