# CVE-2015-4524: File upload in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can execute arbitrary code by uploading malicious files to the backend Content Server in EMC Documentum products.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Jul 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vmr9-22rc-7435

## What is CVE-2015-4524?

CVE-2015-4524 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jul 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in EMC Documentum WebTop 6.7SP1 before P31, 6.7SP2 before P23, and 6.8 before P01; Documentum Administrator 6.7SP1 before P31, 6.7SP2 before P23, 7.0 before P18, 7.1 before P15, and 7.2 before P01; Documentum Digital Assets Manager 6.5SP6 before P25; Documentum Web Publishers 6.5 SP7 before P25; and Documentum Task Space 6.7SP1 before P31 and 6.7SP2 before P23 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file to the backend Content Server.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-4524?

It affects 5 products.


Products: Emc Documentum Administrator, Emc Documentum Digital Asset Manager, Emc Documentum Taskspace, Emc Documentum Web Publisher, Emc Documentum Webtop.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-4524?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-4524 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-4524 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4524 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2008-0656](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0656/): File upload in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-4530](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4530/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2016-0914](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0914/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2016-8213](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8213/): Cross-site scripting in EMC Documentum Webtop and Clients (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2015-4529](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4529/): Open redirect in n/a (medium 5.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-4524 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-4524 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jul 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4524 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4524/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4524/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4524
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4524
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-4524

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4524/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.