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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-31871 · published 18 May 2023

CVE-2023-31871: Opentext documentum content server incorrect permission assignment vulnerability

Opentext · Documentum Content Server

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.

7.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.28% · top 81.6% CWE-732 · Incorrect permission assignment
7.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.28%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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
https://gist.github.com/picar0jsu/a8e623639da34f36202ce5e436668de7 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://gist.github.com/picar0jsu/a8e623639da34f36202ce5e436668de7 ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-31871), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.