CVE-2017-15012
OpenText Documentum Content Server (formerly EMC Documentum Content Server) through 7.3 does not properly validate the input of the PUT_FILE RPC-command, which allows any authenticated user to hijack an arbitrary file from the Content Server filesystem;…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 7.8%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
OpenText Documentum Content Server (formerly EMC Documentum Content Server) through 7.3 does not properly validate the input of the PUT_FILE RPC-command, which allows any authenticated user to hijack an arbitrary file from the Content Server filesystem; because some files on the Content Server filesystem are security-sensitive, this leads to privilege escalation.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.78% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 17 October 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- opentext/documentum content server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 6.4% on 21 September 2026 to 7.8% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2017/Oct/19Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101639
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43003/
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2017/Oct/19Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101639
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43003/
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