CVE-2023-31871 Privilege escalation in n/a
A local attacker can bypass security controls in a SUID binary to write arbitrary files as root, achieving privilege escalation on OpenText Documentum Content Server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-31871?
CVE-2023-31871 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
OpenText Documentum Content Server before 23.2 has a flaw that allows for privilege escalation from a non-privileged Documentum user to root. The software comes prepackaged with a root owned SUID binary dm_secure_writer. The binary has security controls in place preventing creation of a file in a non-owned directory, or as the root user. However, these controls can be carefully bypassed to allow for an arbitrary file write as root.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-31871?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Opentext Documentum Content Server.
How do I fix CVE-2023-31871?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-31871 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-31871 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-31871 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r467-q4j9-32j6.