CVE-2021-42743CWE-427

Local privilege escalation via a default path in Splunk Enterprise Windows

High · published May 6, 2022

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
12.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A misconfiguration in the node default path allows for local privilege escalation from a lower privileged user to the Splunk user in Splunk Enterprise versions before 8.1.1 on Windows.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00226 · 12.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-427 · Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Published
2022-05-06T16:36Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 MAY 16:36Z
    Local privilege escalation via a default path in Splunk Enterprise Windows
    cvelistv5