Documentum™ Server: Unprotected Transport of Credentials
CVE-2024-4188 is a high-severity unprotected transport of credentials vulnerability in Documentum™ Server from OpenText, with a CVSS 4.0 base score of 7.1 out of 10. It can be exploited with local access to the system by an attacker with administrator privileges, without any action from a user. Affected Documentum™ Server versions: 16.7 through 23.4. The record does not name a fixed version, so check the vendor advisory. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is low compared with other CVEs.
High severity with no evidence of exploitation so far.
What to do
- Check which version of Documentum™ Server you run against the affected versions below, and install the vendor's latest release.
Affected products and versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenText | Documentum™ Server | 16.7 through 23.4 | Not stated |
| OpenText | documentum_content_server | 16.7 through 23.4 | Not stated |
Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.
How the severity score breaks down
- Attack vector
- LocalThe attacker needs local access or must trick a user into running something.
- Attack complexity
- LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
- Attack requirements
- PresentThe target must be in a specific state or configuration for the attack to work.
- Privileges required
- HighAdministrator-level access is required first.
- User interaction
- NoneNo action by a victim is required.
- Confidentiality (vulnerable system)
- HighSerious loss of confidentiality on the vulnerable system.
- Integrity (vulnerable system)
- HighSerious loss of integrity on the vulnerable system.
- Availability (vulnerable system)
- HighSerious loss of availability on the vulnerable system.
- Confidentiality (other systems)
- NoneNo loss of confidentiality on systems beyond the vulnerable one.
- Integrity (other systems)
- NoneNo loss of integrity on systems beyond the vulnerable one.
- Availability (other systems)
- NoneNo loss of availability on systems beyond the vulnerable one.
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:N/R:A/V:C/RE:H/U:Red. Scored by CNA (opentext.com).
Official description
Unprotected Transport of Credentials vulnerability in OpenText™ Documentum™ Server could allow Credential Stuffing.This issue affects Documentum™ Server: from 16.7 through 23.4.
Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.
The underlying weakness: Unprotected Transport of Credentials
Login pages do not use adequate measures to protect the user name and password while they are in transit from the client to the server.
More Unprotected Transport of Credentials vulnerabilities (CWE-523)
Timeline
- CVE record published.
- CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: no, technical impact: total).
- Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).
References
Recent Unprotected Transport of Credentials vulnerabilities
- 7.3 High severity
- 7.5 High severity
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