# CVE-2018-18812: TIBCO Spotfire Fails To Prevent Write Access to Spotfire Library

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-01-16 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace: through 10.0.0
- TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO Spotfire Server versions: through 7.10.1

## Description

The Spotfire Library component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace, and TIBCO Spotfire Server contains a vulnerability that might theoretically fail to restrict users with read-only access from modifying files stored in the Spotfire Library, only when the Spotfire Library is configured to use external storage. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace versions up to and including 10.0.0, and TIBCO Spotfire Server versions up to and including 7.10.1; 7.11.0; 7.11.1; 7.12.0; 7.13.0; 7.14.0; 10.0.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace, TIBCO Software Inc. TIBCO Spotfire Server versions, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106635
- https://www.tibco.com/support/advisories/2019/01/tibco-security-advisory-january-16-2019-tibco-spotfire-2018-18812
- http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories

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