# CVE-2015-4531: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Authenticated sysadmins can escalate to super-user privileges and bypass data access restrictions due to improper authorization checks in EMC Documentum Content Server.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Aug 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-99gx-px59-2hww

## What is CVE-2015-4531?

CVE-2015-4531 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Aug 2015. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

EMC Documentum Content Server before 6.7SP1 P32, 6.7SP2 before P25, 7.0 before P19, 7.1 before P16, and 7.2 before P02 does not properly check authorization for subgroups of privileged groups, which allows remote authenticated sysadmins to gain super-user privileges, and bypass intended restrictions on data access and server actions, via unspecified vectors.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4622.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-4531?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Emc Documentum Content Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-4531?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-4531 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-4531 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4531 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2015-4544](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4544/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2015-4532](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4532/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2015-4533](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4533/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2015-4534](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4534/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2014-4626](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4626/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-4531 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-4531 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Aug 2015. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4531 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-2015-4531/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4531/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4531
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4531
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-4531

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4531/
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