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Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-15276 · published 13 October 2017

CVE-2017-15276: Opentext documentum content server path traversal vulnerability

Opentext · Documentum Content Server

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.

8.8 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 9.5% · top 4.7% CWE-22 · Path traversal
8.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 6.5
9.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2017/Oct/19 Mailing ListThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101639
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43002/
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2017/Oct/19 Mailing ListThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101639
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43002/

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-15276), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.