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this allows any authenticated user to replace the content of security-sensitive dmr_content objects (for example, dmr_content related to dm_method objects) and gain superuser privileges.","status":"published","published":"2017-10-13T16:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T19:42:22Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:23:15.298105Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-hvv7-ccqx-87f7","title":"OpenText Documentum Content Server (formerly EMC Documentum Content Server) through 7.3 contains...","description":"OpenText Documentum Content Server (formerly EMC Documentum Content Server) through 7.3 contains the following design gap, which allows an authenticated user to gain superuser privileges: Content Server stores information about uploaded files in dmr_content objects, which are queryable and \"editable\" (before release 7.2P02, any authenticated user was able to edit dmr_content objects; now any authenticated user may delete a dmr_content object and then create a new one with the old identifier) by authenticated users; 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