CVE-2019-8988
TIBCO Spotfire Data Science Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- tibco
Description
The application server component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Data Science for AWS, and TIBCO Spotfire Data Science contains a persistent cross-site contains a vulnerability that theoretically allows a user to escalate their privileges on the affected system, in a way that may allow for data modifications and deletions that should be denied. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Data Science for AWS: versions up to and including 6.4.0, and TIBCO Spotfire Data Science: versions up to and including 6.4.0.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| tibcoCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 22% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
- The impact of this vulnerability includes the theoretical possibility that a malicious actor could modify or delete data on the system that they should not be able to change, affecting the output that others might see.
Affected products
TIBCO Software Inc. · TIBCO Data Science for AWS
- affected unspecified – ≤ 6.4.0
TIBCO Software Inc. · TIBCO Spotfire Data Science
- affected unspecified – ≤ 6.4.0
What to do
Solution: TIBCO has released updated versions of the affected systems which address these issues. TIBCO Data Science for AWS versions 6.4.0 and below upgrade to version 6.4.1 or higher TIBCO Spotfire Data Science versions 6.4.0 and below upgrade to version 6.4.1 or higher
References (3)
- http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/03/tibco-security-advisory-march-26-2019-tibco-spotfire-data-science-2019-8988 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 107593 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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