# CVE-2016-0914: Missing authorization in n/a

> Authenticated users can bypass access restrictions to execute arbitrary IAPI/IDQL commands in EMC Documentum products.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 23 Jun 2016
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h29m-55jq-jm6f

## What is CVE-2016-0914?

CVE-2016-0914 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Jun 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

EMC Documentum WebTop 6.8 before Patch 13 and 6.8.1 before Patch 02, Documentum Administrator 7.x before 7.2 Patch 13, Documentum Capital Projects 1.9 before Patch 23 and 1.10 before Patch 10, and Documentum TaskSpace 6.7 SP3 allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and execute arbitrary IAPI/IDQL commands via the IAPI/IDQL interface.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0914?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Emc Documentum Administrator, Emc Documentum Capital Projects, Emc Documentum Taskspace, Emc Documentum Webtop.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-0914?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-0914 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-0914 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0914 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-2015-4524](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4524/): File upload in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [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-2016-0914 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-0914 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Jun 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0914 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-2016-0914/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0914/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0914
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0914
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0914

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0914/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.