Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in TIBCO products - CVE-2021-28820
Published: March 24, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU51680
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28820
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected components search for run-time artifacts outside of the installation hierarchy. A local user can insert malicious software and gain full access to the Windows operating system.
This vulnerability affects the following components:
- FTL Server (tibftlserver)
- FTL C API
- FTL Golang API
- FTL Java API
- FTL .Net API
Affected software
TIBCO FTL Enterprise Edition
TIBCO FTL Community Edition
TIBCO FTL Developer Edition
TIBCO FTL Community Edition
TIBCO FTL Developer Edition
How to mitigate CVE-2021-28820
Install updates from vendor's website.
TIBCO FTL Enterprise Edition - update to 6.6.0
TIBCO FTL Community Edition - update to 6.6.0
TIBCO FTL Developer Edition - update to 6.6.0
TIBCO FTL Community Edition - update to 6.6.0
TIBCO FTL Developer Edition - update to 6.6.0