Spotfire Analyst: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
CVE-2024-3330 is a critical-severity execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability in Spotfire Analyst from Spotfire, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.9 out of 10. It can be exploited remotely over the network by an attacker with a low-privileged account, without any action from a user. Affected Spotfire Analyst versions: 12.0.9 through 12.5.0; 14.0 through 14.0.2. The record does not name a fixed version, so check the vendor advisory. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.59% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is low compared with other CVEs.
Critical severity: a successful attack would have severe impact.
What to do
- Update Spotfire for AWS Marketplace to 14.3.0 or a later version.
- Read the advisory on community.spotfire.com for workarounds and exact fixed builds.
Affected products and versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spotfire | Spotfire Analyst | 12.0.9 through 12.5.0; 14.0 through 14.0.2 | Not stated |
| Spotfire | Spotfire Server | 12.0.10 through 12.5.0; 14.0 through 14.0.3; 14.2.0 through 14.3.0 | Not stated |
| Spotfire | Spotfire for AWS Marketplace | 14.0 up to, but not including, 14.3.0 | 14.3.0 |
| TIBCO | spotfire_analyst | 12.1.0; 12.1.1; 12.2.0; 12.3.0; 12.4.0; 12.5.0; 14.0.0; 14.0.1; and 5 more ranges | Not stated |
| TIBCO | spotfire_server | 12.1.0; 12.1.1; 12.2.0; 12.3.0; 12.4.0; 12.5.0; 14.0.0; 14.0.1; and 5 more ranges | Not stated |
| TIBCO | spotfire_analytics_platform_for_aws | 14.3.0 and earlier | Not stated |
Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.
How the severity score breaks down
- Attack vector
- NetworkCan be exploited remotely over a network, including the internet.
- Attack complexity
- LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
- Privileges required
- LowA basic user account is enough.
- User interaction
- NoneNo action by a victim is required.
- Scope
- ChangedThe attack can reach beyond the vulnerable component into other systems.
- Confidentiality
- HighAll data handled by the component can be read.
- Integrity
- HighData or code can be modified at will.
- Availability
- HighThe component can be taken down completely.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H. Scored by CNA (tibco.com).
Official description
Vulnerability in Spotfire Spotfire Analyst, Spotfire Spotfire Server, Spotfire Spotfire for AWS Marketplace allows In the case of the installed Windows client: Successful execution of this vulnerability will result in an attacker being able to run arbitrary code.This requires human interaction from a person other than the attacker., In the case of the Web player (Business Author): Successful execution of this vulnerability via the Web Player, will result in the attacker being able to run arbitrary code as the account running the Web player process, In the case of Automation Services: Successful execution of this vulnerability will result in an attacker being able to run arbitrary code via Automation Services..This issue affects Spotfire Analyst: from 12.0.9 through 12.5.0, from 14.0 through 14.0.2; Spotfire Server: from 12.0.10 through 12.5.0, from 14.0 through 14.0.3, from 14.2.0 through 14.3.0; Spotfire for AWS Marketplace: from 14.0 before 14.3.0.
Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.
The underlying weakness: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.
How developers prevent this class of flaw
- Run your code using the lowest privileges that are required to accomplish the necessary tasks. If possible, create isolated accounts with limited privileges that are only used for a single task. That way, a successful attack will not immediately give the attacker access to the rest of the software or its environment. For example, database applications rarely need to run as the database administrator, especially in day-to-day operations.
- Identify the functionality that requires additional privileges, such as access to privileged operating system resources. Wrap and centralize this functionality if possible, and isolate the privileged code as much as possible from other code. Raise privileges as late as possible, and drop them as soon as possible to avoid CWE-271. Avoid weaknesses such as CWE-288 and CWE-420 by protecting all possible communication channels that could interact with the privileged code, such as a secondary socket that is only intended to be accessed by administrators.
- Identify the functionality that requires additional privileges, such as access to privileged operating system resources. Wrap and centralize this functionality if possible, and isolate the privileged code as much as possible from other code. Raise privileges as late as possible, and drop them as soon as possible to avoid CWE-271. Avoid weaknesses such as CWE-288 and CWE-420 by protecting all possible communication channels that could interact with the privileged code, such as a secondary socket that is only intended to be accessed by administrators.
More Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerabilities (CWE-250)
Timeline
- CVE record published.
- CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: no, technical impact: total).
- Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).
References
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