ESA-2014-064: EMC Documentum Content Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

ESA-2014-064: EMC Documentum Content Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

EMC Identifier: ESA-2014-064

CVE Identifier:  CVE-2014-2513, CVE-2014-2514

Severity Rating: CVSS v2 Base Score: Refer below for scores for each CVE. 

Affected products:  
? All EMC Documentum Content Server versions of 7.1
? All EMC Documentum Content Server versions of 7.0
? All EMC Documentum Content Server versions of 6.7 SP2
? All EMC Documentum Content Server versions of 6.7 SP1
? All EMC Documentum Content Server versions prior to 6.7 SP1

Summary:  
EMC Documentum Content Server contains fixes for privilege escalation vulnerabilities that could be potentially exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system. 

Details: 
EMC Documentum Content Server may be susceptible to the following privilege escalation vulnerabilities:

? CVE-2014-2513
Authenticated non-privileged users are allowed to execute arbitrary code with super user privileges via custom scripts. This is due to improper authorization checks being performed on the objects created. This could be potentially exploited to perform unauthorized actions on Content Server.
o CVSS v2 Base Score: 8.2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:P)

? CVE-2014-2514
Authenticated non-privileged users are allowed to run save RPC commands with super user privileges on arbitrary objects.  This is due to improper user authorization checks and object type checks being performed on these objects. This could be potentially exploited by a malicious authenticated non-privileged user to perform unauthorized actions on Content Server including executing arbitrary code.
o CVSS v2 Base Score: 8.2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:P)

Resolution: 
EMC recommends all customers upgrade to one of the versions listed below at the earliest opportunity. 
? EMC Documentum Content Server version 7.1 P06 and later
? EMC Documentum Content Server version 7.0 P15 and later
? EMC Documentum Content Server version 6.7 SP2 P15 and later
? EMC Documentum Content Server version 6.7 SP1 P28 and later

Link to remedies:
Registered EMC Online Support customers can download patches and software from support.emc.com at: https://support.emc.com/downloads/2732_Documentum-Server



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