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Documentum Content ServerApplication · Emc

CVE-2015-4544

HIGH · 9.0 CVSS v2.0 Published 2015-09-04
No fix yet
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96/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Public exploit Remotely reachable Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
EMC Documentum Content Server before 7.1P20 and 7.2.x before 7.2P04 does not properly verify authorization for dm_job object access, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain superuser privileges via crafted object operations. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4626.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-264

A legacy NVD category covering weaknesses where permissions or privileges are assigned, checked, or dropped incorrectly, so an action ends up running with more access than it should. It is an umbrella label from older records, not a single flaw. The remedy depends on the specific case, but the throughline is least privilege with explicit, checked transitions wherever privilege changes.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Documentum Content ServerApplication
Affected:= 7.1= 7.2

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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dbcve · scoped
Recommended fix High confidence

7.1P20 (for 7.1.x) or 7.2P04 (for 7.2.x)

  1. 1. Identify current Documentum Content Server version by running 'dm_version' or checking the installation
  2. 2. Confirm the version is either 7.1 (before P20) or 7.2 (before P04) to confirm vulnerability applicability
  3. 3. Review EMC/Dell EMC Documentum upgrade documentation and release notes for the target patch version
  4. 4. Download the appropriate patch: 7.1P20 for 7.1.x installations, or 7.2P04 for 7.2.x installations from Dell EMC support portal
  5. 5. Create a full backup of the Content Server repository database and file store before proceeding
  6. 6. Test the patch upgrade in a non-production environment that mirrors production configuration
  7. 7. Schedule maintenance window as upgrade may require service restart
  8. 8. Apply the patch following EMC Documentum patch installation procedures (typically via installer or patch deployment tool)
Caveat Patch upgrades typically maintain backward compatibility; test thoroughly in staging environment before production deployment

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

No vendor fix exists Documentum Content Server has not published a patch for this.

There is no version to upgrade to and no patch to apply. Every affected install stays exposed until the vendor ships a fix — or somebody else builds one.

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