CVE-2015-4531

EMC Documentum Content Server before 6.7SP1 P32, 6.7SP2 before P25, 7.0 before P19, 7.1 before P16, and 7.2 before P02 does not properly check authorization for subgroups of privileged groups, which allows remote authenticated sysadmins to gain super-user privileges, and bypass intended restrictions on data access and server actions, via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4622.

Published: 2015-08-20 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-4531 is rated High Risk (66.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.38%). EPSS rose +2.08% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-4531

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.30% 2.38% +2.08%
2 2025-10-11 0.22% 0.30% +0.08%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.22% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-4531

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-4531

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-4531

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
emc documentum_content_server 6.7 cpe:2.3:a:emc:documentum_content_server:6.7:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc documentum_content_server 6.7 cpe:2.3:a:emc:documentum_content_server:6.7:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc documentum_content_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:emc:documentum_content_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc documentum_content_server 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:emc:documentum_content_server:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc documentum_content_server 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:emc:documentum_content_server:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-4531

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