OpenText Secure Content Manager up to 23.3 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenText Secure Content Manager up to 23.3. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Content Manager. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-1973. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenText Secure Content Manager up to 23.3. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component Content Manager. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

By leveraging the vulnerability, lower-privileged users of Content Manager can manipulate Content Manager clients to elevate privileges and perform unauthorized operations.

The weakness was presented by Evan Pearce. The advisory is shared for download at portal.microfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-1973 since 02/28/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/26/2024). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
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CNA Base Score: 8.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/28/2024 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: portal.microfocus.com
Researcher: Evan Pearce
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-1973 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-1973
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-257928

Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2024 07:17
Changes: 03/26/2024 07:17 (63)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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