High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 13, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-15276
CVE-2017-15276
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.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:opentext:documentum_content_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:opentext:documentum_content_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=7.3
- (no CPE)range: <=7.3
- Range: <=7.3
Patches
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References
3- seclists.org/bugtraq/2017/Oct/19nvdMailing ListThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101639nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43002/nvd
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