Vulnerability · Published Mar 23, 2021 · Assigned by tibco

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

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in TIBCO FTL - Community Edition from TIBCO Software Inc.. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO FTL - Community Edition unspecified – through 6.5.0
TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO FTL - Developer Edition unspecified – through 6.5.0
TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO FTL - Enterprise Edition unspecified – through 6.5.0

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