CVE-2024-1973 (GCVE-0-2024-1973)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-25 21:27 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:35
VLAI
Title
Elevation of privileges vulnerability
Summary
By leveraging the vulnerability, lower-privileged users of Content Manager can manipulate Content Manager clients to elevate privileges and perform unauthorized operations.
Severity
8.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-06 13:32 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
OpenText CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard – unranked: 9 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
OpenText Secure Content Manager Affected: 10.0 , < <=23.4 (custom)
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opentext secure_content_manager Affected: 10.0 , ≤ 23.4 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:opentext:secure_content_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Evan Pearce of CyberCX
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