# CVE-2017-15014: Missing authorization in n/a

> Authenticated users can bypass repository permissions to download arbitrary content files by manipulating content object references.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 13 Oct 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x7pm-v3pw-9hr3

## What is CVE-2017-15014?

CVE-2017-15014 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Oct 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

OpenText Documentum Content Server (formerly EMC Documentum Content Server) through 7.3 contains the following design gap, which allows authenticated users to download arbitrary content files regardless of the attacker's repository permissions: When an authenticated user uploads content to the repository, he performs the following steps: (1) calls the START_PUSH RPC-command; (2) uploads the file to the content server; (3) calls the END_PUSH_V2 RPC-command (here, Content Server returns a DATA_TICKET integer, intended to identify the location of the uploaded file on the Content Server filesystem); (4) creates a dmr_content object in the repository, which has a value of data_ticket equal to the value of DATA_TICKET returned at the end of END_PUSH_V2 call. As the result of this design, any authenticated user may create his own dmr_content object, pointing to already existing content in the Content Server filesystem.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15014?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Opentext Documentum Content Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-15014?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-15014 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-15014 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15014 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- OpenText Documentum Content Server - Arbitrary File Download (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2017-15012](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15012/): Path traversal in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-15013](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15013/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-15276](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15276/): Path traversal in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-7221](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7221/): SQL injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-7220](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7220/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-15014 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-15014 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Oct 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15014 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-2017-15014/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15014/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15014
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15014
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-15014

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