CVE-2021-28819 TIBCO FTL Windows Platform Installation vulnerability
A local attacker can exploit missing access restrictions on installation files 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-2021-28819?
CVE-2021-28819 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in TIBCO FTL - Community Edition, published on 23 Mar 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 FTL - Community Edition, TIBCO FTL - Developer Edition, and TIBCO FTL - Enterprise Edition 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 FTL - Community Edition: versions 6.5.0 and below, TIBCO FTL - Developer Edition: versions 6.5.0 and below, and TIBCO FTL - Enterprise Edition: versions 6.5.0 and below.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-28819?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tibco Ftl.
How do I fix CVE-2021-28819?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-28819 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2021-28819 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-28819 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in TIBCO FTL - Community Edition
- CVE-2021-43052 TIBCO FTL Secret Generation Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-28820 TIBCO FTL Windows Platform Artifact Search vulnerability
- CVE-2019-11209 TIBCO FTL Escalation Of Privileges for Realm Configuration
- CVE-2021-43053 TIBCO FTL Secret Exposure Vulnerability
- CVE-2018-12412 TIBCO FTL Realm Server Vulnerable to CSRF Attacks
Sources
Also known as GHSA-px8h-hw5w-ghg6.