CVE-2021-28823

HIGH

TIBCO eFTL < 6.6.0 - Privilege Escalation via Unrestricted Installation Directory

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Windows Installation component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO eFTL - Community Edition, TIBCO eFTL - Developer Edition, and TIBCO eFTL - 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 eFTL - Community Edition: versions 6.5.0 and below, TIBCO eFTL - Developer Edition: versions 6.5.0 and below, and TIBCO eFTL - Enterprise Edition: versions 6.5.0 and below.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 13.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (1)
tibco/eftl < 6.6.0 (3 CPE variants)
Published Mar 23, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026