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Spotfire AnalystApplication · Tibco

CVE-2018-5435

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.0 Published 2018-06-27
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 7.12.0 or later.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
The TIBCO Spotfire Client and TIBCO Spotfire Web Player Client components of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Analyst, TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace, TIBCO Spotfire Deployment Kit, TIBCO Spotfire Desktop, and TIBCO Spotfire Desktop Language Packs contain multiple vulnerabilities that may allow for remote code execution. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Analyst: versions up to and including 7.8.0; 7.9.0; 7.9.1; 7.10.0; 7.10.1; 7.11.0; 7.12.0, TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace: versions up to and including 7.12.0, TIBCO Spotfire Deployment Kit: versions up to and including 7.8.0; 7.9.0;7.9.1;7.10.0;7.10.1;7.11.0; 7.12.0, TIBCO Spotfire Desktop: versions up to and including 7.8.0; 7.9.0; 7.9.1; 7.10.0; 7.10.1; 7.11.0;7.12.0, TIBCO Spotfire Desktop Language Packs: versions up to and including 7.8.0; 7.9.0; 7.9.1; 7.10.0; 7.10.1; 7.11.0.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

TIBCO Spotfire Client and TIBCO Spotfire Web Player Client contain multiple vulnerabilities allowing remote code execution. The CVSS 9.8 score indicates trivial exploitability, likely through deserialization flaws or similar attacks against the client-side components processing untrusted data.

MitigationUpgrade to a patched version of TIBCO Spotfire Analyst/Desktop (7.11.1 or later for most branches, or latest 7.14+) and ensure Web Player servers are not exposed to untrusted networks.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Spotfire AnalystApplication
Affected:<= 7.8.0= 7.9.0= 7.9.1= 7.10.0= 7.10.1= 7.11.0= 7.12.0
Spotfire Analytics Platform For AwsApplication
Affected:<= 7.12.0
Spotfire Deployment KitApplication
Affected:<= 7.8.0= 7.9.0= 7.9.1= 7.10.0= 7.10.1= 7.11.0= 7.12.0
Spotfire DesktopApplication
Affected:<= 7.8.0= 7.9.0= 7.9.1= 7.10.0= 7.10.1= 7.11.0= 7.12.0
Spotfire Desktop Language PacksApplication
Affected:<= 7.8.0= 7.9.0= 7.9.1= 7.10.0= 7.10.1= 7.11.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify installed TIBCO Spotfire Desktop or Analyst version
    On Windows, open Control Panel > Programs and Features, or run 'Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion' in PowerShell to list installed TIBCO Spotfire products and their versions
    Affected if The displayed version is 7.8.0 or lower, or exactly 7.9.0, 7.9.1, 7.10.0, 7.10.1, 7.11.0, or 7.12.0
  2. Identify installed TIBCO Spotfire Web Player version
    Check the Spotfire Server administration pages for the Web Player component version, or inspect the installation directory on the server for version information in the bin or config folders
    Affected if The Web Player version matches the affected client versions listed (7.8.0 through 7.12.0)
  3. Check for TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS
    If running Spotfire on AWS, verify the installed Spotfire Analytics Platform version through the AWS marketplace deployment or by checking the local installation
    Affected if The version is 7.12.0 or lower
  4. Check for TIBCO Spotfire Deployment Kit
    Verify if the Spotfire Deployment Kit is installed by checking Program Files for Tibco folder or through Windows Add/Remove Programs
    Affected if The Deployment Kit version is 7.8.0 or lower, or exactly 7.9.0, 7.9.1, 7.10.0, 7.10.1, 7.11.0, or 7.12.0
  5. Verify if Spotfire Web Player is network-exposed
    Check network configuration or firewall rules to determine if the Spotfire Web Player service is accessible from untrusted networks or the internet
    Affected if Web Player is exposed to networks outside the trusted internal environment

A user is affected if any TIBCO Spotfire Desktop, Analyst, Web Player, Analytics Platform for AWS, or Deployment Kit installation on their environment is version 7.8.0 through 7.12.0, particularly if the Web Player component is network-accessible.

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From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 7.12.0
Interim mitigation

Upgrade to a patched version of TIBCO Spotfire Analyst/Desktop (7.11.1 or later for most branches, or latest 7.14+) and ensure Web Player servers are not exposed to untrusted networks.

Fix this in Spotfire Analyst Scoped from the published advisory
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