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CVE-2017-15276

Published: Oct 13, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-22
NVD MITRE
8.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
9.5%
Top 5.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

n/an/a
documentum content serveropentext
On-prem
Enterprise Software / document-mgmt
opentextcommercialCAEnterprise Softwareaka opentext corp., opentext corporation

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101639
securityfocus.com
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43002/
exploit-db.com
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2017/Oct/19
seclists.org

Timeline

Published
Oct 13, 2017
Last Updated
May 13, 2026

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