CVE-2017-15276

Public Exploit

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.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.61% Top 20%
Third-Party Advisory seclists.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101639 vdb entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43002/ exploit
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2017/Oct/19 mailing list third party advisory vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-15276?
CVE-2017-15276 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-15276?
To fix CVE-2017-15276, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-15276 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-15276 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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