CVE-2021-28820 TIBCO FTL Windows Platform Artifact Search vulnerability

High 8.8 Published 23 Mar 2021 Updated 17 Sep 2024

A local attacker can insert malicious software into the search path, causing the TIBCO FTL component to 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-2021-28820?

CVE-2021-28820 is a high-severity 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 FTL Server (tibftlserver), FTL C API, FTL Golang API, FTL Java API, and FTL .Net API components of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO FTL - Community Edition, TIBCO FTL - Developer Edition, and TIBCO FTL - Enterprise Edition contain a vulnerability that theoretically allows a low privileged attacker with local access on 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 the affected component searching for run-time artifacts outside of the installation hierarchy. 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-427

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-28820?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tibco Ftl.

How do I fix CVE-2021-28820?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-28820 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-28820 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-28820 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v377-gg5v-m3pq.