CVE-2024-1973
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 · uneditedBy leveraging the vulnerability, lower-privileged users of Content Manager can manipulate Content Manager clients to elevate privileges and perform unauthorized operations.
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 · moderate confidenceThis is a privilege escalation vulnerability in OpenText Content Manager where lower-privileged users can manipulate Content Manager clients to elevate their privileges and perform unauthorized operations. The vulnerability allows authenticated users with limited permissions to bypass access controls and gain higher-level access to the system.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
- High
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify OpenText Content Manager installationCheck for Content Manager server components and client installations. Look for processes named 'TRIM', 'HP CM', or 'OpenText CM' in running services, or check installation directories like C:\Program Files\OpenText\Content Manager or /opt/opentext/cm. Check Windows Registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\OpenText for Content Manager entries.Affected if OpenText Content Manager software is present on the system
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Determine installed versionRun 'About' or version check in Content Manager admin console, check installer history, or query the CM server for its version string via admin interface or installed program details.Affected if Any version of OpenText Content Manager is installed (version range not specified in CVE data)
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Review user role assignmentsAccess Content Manager administration console and enumerate all user accounts and their assigned roles. Identify users with limited or restricted permission sets - these are the accounts that could potentially be exploited.Affected if There are authenticated users with limited permissions in the system
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Examine access control configurationInspect Content Manager security settings, particularly role-based access control (RBAC) configurations. Check for custom roles, permission overrides, or access control lists that govern client operations and file handling.Affected if Role-based access controls are configured (the vulnerability allows bypassing these)
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Review audit and security logsSearch Content Manager audit logs for events involving permission changes, role modifications, or operations performed by low-privilege users that exceed their assigned access level. Look for unexpected admin actions from standard user accounts.Affected if Audit logs show operations by limited-permission users that bypass normal access controls
A user is affected if OpenText Content Manager is installed and there are authenticated users with limited permissions, since the vulnerability allows such users to escalate privileges and bypass access controls.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor patches or security updates for Content Manager. Until a patch is available, implement strict role-based access controls and monitor for unauthorized privilege escalation attempts.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-1973 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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