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CVE-2017-15276 json

OpenText Documentum Content Server (formerly EMC Documentum Content Server) through 7.3 contains the following design gap, which allows an…

published 2017-10-13 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-6736

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.5%
EPSS 9.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-43002)

Exploit prediction

9.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-43002 OpenText Documentum Content Server - Privilege Escalation webapps, 2017-10-17

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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