CVE-2021-23275 TIBCO Spotfire Windows Platform Installation vulnerability

High 8.8 Published Updated

A local attacker can exploit insecure file permissions in the Windows installation to insert malicious software and execute it with elevated privileges.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-23275?

CVE-2021-23275 is a high-severity vulnerability in TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R - Server Edition, published on 29 Jun 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Windows Installation component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R - Server Edition, TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R - Server Edition, TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R - Server Edition, TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace, TIBCO Spotfire Server, TIBCO Spotfire Server, TIBCO Spotfire Server, TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services, TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services, and TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services contains a vulnerability that theoretically allows a low privileged attacker with local access on some versions of the Windows operating system to insert malicious software. The affected component can be abused to execute the malicious software inserted by the attacker with the elevated privileges of the component. This vulnerability results from a lack of access restrictions on certain files and/or folders in the installation. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R - Server Edition: versions 1.2.4 and below, TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R - Server Edition: versions 1.3.0 and 1.3.1, TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R - Server Edition: versions 1.4.0, 1.5.0, and 1.6.0, TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace: versions 11.3.0 and below, TIBCO Spotfire Server: versions 10.3.12 and below, TIBCO Spotfire Server: versions 10.4.0, 10.5.0, 10.6.0, 10.6.1, 10.7.0, 10.8.0, 10.8.1, 10.9.0, 10.10.0, 10.10.1, 10.10.2, 10.10.3, and 10.10.4, TIBCO Spotfire Server: versions 11.0.0, 11.1.0, 11.2.0, and 11.3.0, TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services: versions 10.3.0 and below, TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services: versions 10.10.0, 10.10.1, and 10.10.2, and TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services: versions 11.1.0, 11.2.0, and 11.3.0.

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-23275?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Tibco Enterprise Runtime for R, Tibco Spotfire Analytics Platform, Tibco Spotfire Server, Tibco Spotfire Statistics Services.

How do I fix CVE-2021-23275?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-23275 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-23275 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-23275 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vm2c-v328-xcwc.

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