EMC Documentum Content Server up to 6.0 access control

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in EMC Documentum Content Server up to 6.0 (Content Management System). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

EMC Documentum Content Server before 6.7 SP2 P17, 7.0 through P15, and 7.1 before P08 does not properly check authorization for subtypes of protected system types, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain super-user privileges for system-object creation, and bypass intended restrictions on data access and server actions, via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 09/17/2014 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-4621 since 06/24/2014. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/29/2022). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77864 (EMC Documentum Content Server Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities (ESA-2014-091)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (95989) and Tenable (77864). Similar entry is available at 71266.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

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Nessus ID: 77864
Nessus Name: EMC Documentum Content Server Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities (ESA-2014-091)
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Vendor: dellemc.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-4621 (🔍)
X-Force: 95989
SecurityTracker: 1030855
Vulnerability Center: 46895 - EMC Documentum Content Server Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability due to Improper Authorization of Subtypes, High
SecurityFocus: 69817 - EMC Documentum Content Server CVE-2014-4621 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 61251 - EMC Documentum Content Server Two Security Bypass Security Issues, Less Critical

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Created: 03/26/2015 15:08
Updated: 03/29/2022 09:06
Changes: 03/26/2015 15:08 (62), 06/11/2017 04:59 (5), 03/29/2022 09:03 (3), 03/29/2022 09:06 (1)
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