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TI-2023-15250 Aliases CVE-2023-31871GHSA-r467-q4j9-32j6

OpenText Documentum Content Server before 23.2 has a flaw that allows for privilege…

Priority HIGH 69CWE-732Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0028 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:opentext:documentum_content_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 23.2VulnerableOpenText
  • cpe:2.3:a:opentext:documentum_content_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 23.2 Vulnerable ·OpenText

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-31871
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r467-q4j9-32j6

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2017-11193 OpenText Documentum Content Server (formerly EMC Documentum Content Server) through 7.3… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-11017 OpenText Documentum Content Server (formerly EMC Documentum Content Server) through 7.3… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-11018 OpenText Documentum Content Server (formerly EMC Documentum Content Server) through 7.3… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-04907 OpenText Documentum Content Server has an inadequate protection mechanism against SQL… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-04906 OpenText Documentum Content Server allows superuser access via sys_obj_save or save of a… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-03589 OpenText Documentum Content Server (formerly EMC Documentum Content Server) 7.3, when… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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