# CVE-2021-28830: TIBCO Spotfire Windows Platform Artifact Search vulnerability > A local attacker can insert malicious software into search paths to execute code with elevated privileges on TIBCO Spotfire Server components. - **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Any signed-in user - **Attackable:** Local or same network only - **Victim action needed:** Not needed - **Fix available:** No - **Published:** 29 Jun 2021 - **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024 - **Also known as:** GHSA-6rjr-cg8x-gc8f ## What is CVE-2021-28830? CVE-2021-28830 is a high-severity path traversal 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 TIBCO Spotfire Server and TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R components 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 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 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. ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-28830? It affects 4 products. Products: Tibco Enterprise Runtime for R, Tibco Spotfire Analytics Platform, Tibco Spotfire Server, Tibco Spotfire Statistics Services. ## How do I fix CVE-2021-28830? No fix has been published for CVE-2021-28830 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. ## Is CVE-2021-28830 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-28830 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Other vulnerabilities in TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R - Server Edition - [CVE-2019-11210](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11210/): TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R Server Exposes Remote Code Execution (critical 10.0) - [CVE-2019-11211](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11211/): Code injection in TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R - Server Edition (critical 9.9) - [CVE-2021-23275](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23275/): TIBCO Spotfire Windows Platform Installation vulnerability (high 8.8) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2021-28830 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2021-28830 is a high-severity path traversal 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. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-28830 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R - Server Edition. 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-2021-28830/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-28830/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28830 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28830 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-28830 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-28830/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.