Description
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.
Published: 2023-05-18
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-36161 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.
History

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-732
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Subscriptions

Opentext Documentum Content Server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-01-22T14:51:08.038Z

Reserved: 2023-04-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-31871

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T15:03:28.855Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-18T17:15:08.957

Modified: 2025-01-22T15:15:09.237

Link: CVE-2023-31871

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses