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…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 9.5%. 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 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 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 9.49% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 17 October 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- opentext/documentum content server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 7.5% on 21 September 2026 to 9.5% 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/43002/
- 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/43002/
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