ESA-2015-123: EMC Documentum WebTop Open Redirect Vulnerability

ESA-2015-123: EMC Documentum WebTop Open Redirect Vulnerability

ESA Identifier:  ESA-2015-123

CVE Identifier: CVE-2015-4529

Severity Rating: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.4 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Affected products: 
• EMC Documentum WebTop versions 6.8 and earlier
• EMC Documentum Administrator versions 7.2 and earlier
• EMC Documentum Digital Assets Manager version 6.5SP6 and earlier
• EMC Documentum Web Publishers version 6.5 SP7 and earlier
• EMC Documentum Task Space, versions 6.7SP2 and earlier

Summary: 
EMC Documentum WebTop and WebTop based client products allow users to be redirected to untrusted websites.

Details: 
EMC Documentum WebTop and WebTop based client products contain an open redirected vulnerability. Attackers could potentially exploit this vulnerability by supplying crafted URLs to users of the affected application and causing a browser redirect to arbitrary and potentially malicious websites. 

Resolution: 
The following products contain a resolution to this issue:
• EMC Documentum WebTop 6.8P02 or later
• EMC Documentum Administrator 7.2P01 or later
• Customers using other products/versions, not listed under resolution section, are requested to raise hotfix requests via EMC Customer Support.

EMC recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity.

Link to remedies:
Customers can download the remediated versions from the following locations – 
• EMC Documentum WebTop 6.8P02 or later
https://emc.subscribenet.com/control/dctm/download?element=5950091 
• EMC Documentum Administrator 7.2P01 or later
https://emc.subscribenet.com/control/dctm/download?element=6091351 

Credits: EMC would like to thank Daniel Tomescu, Security Penetration Tester at KPMG Romania, for reporting this issue.


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