CVE-2021-28825 TIBCO Messaging - Eclipse Mosquitto Distribution - Core Windows Platform Installation vulnerability
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-2021-28825?
CVE-2021-28825 is a high-severity vulnerability in TIBCO Messaging - Eclipse Mosquitto Distribution - Core - Community Edition, published on 14 Apr 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 Messaging - Eclipse Mosquitto Distribution - Core - Community Edition and TIBCO Messaging - Eclipse Mosquitto Distribution - Core - 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 Messaging - Eclipse Mosquitto Distribution - Core - Community Edition: versions 1.3.0 and below and TIBCO Messaging - Eclipse Mosquitto Distribution - Core - Enterprise Edition: versions 1.3.0 and below.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-28825?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tibco Messaging - Eclipse Mosquitto Distribution - Core.
How do I fix CVE-2021-28825?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-28825 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-28825 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-28825 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-96j4-9h2v-xcrq.