# CVE-2017-5531: Privilege escalation in TIBCO Managed File Transfer Command Center

> Authenticated users can gain administrative control in TIBCO Managed File Transfer products when the Administrator Service is enabled.

- **Severity:** High 8.0 (`CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:L/AV:N/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:R`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Oct 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pjh7-8v6w-7wgm

## What is CVE-2017-5531?

CVE-2017-5531 is a high-severity vulnerability in TIBCO Managed File Transfer Command Center, published on 17 Oct 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Deployments of TIBCO Managed File Transfer Command Center versions 8.0.0 and 8.0.1 and TIBCO Managed File Transfer Internet Server versions 8.0.0 and 8.0.1 that enable the Administrator Service may be affected by a vulnerability which may allow any authenticated user to gain administrative control of Managed File Transfer web applications.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5531?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Tibco Managed File Transfer Command Center, Tibco Managed File Transfer Internet Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-5531?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-5531 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-5531 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5531 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in TIBCO Managed File Transfer Command Center

- [CVE-2020-9414](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9414/): TIBCO Managed File Transfer reflected XSS vulerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-22774](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22774/): TIBCO Managed File Transfer Command Center XXE Vulnerability (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2018-18810](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-18810/): TIBCO Managed File Transfer Credentials Disclosure (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2014-7194](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-7194/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2020-9413](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9413/): TIBCO Managed File Transfer reflected XSS vulerability (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-5531 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-5531 is a high-severity vulnerability in TIBCO Managed File Transfer Command Center, published on 17 Oct 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5531 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: TIBCO Managed File Transfer Command Center. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5531/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5531/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5531
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5531
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5531

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5531/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.