CVE-2023-40596CWE-665
Splunk Enterprise on Windows Privilege Escalation due to Insecure OPENSSLDIR Build Definition Reference in DLL
High · published August 30, 2023
What it is
In Splunk Enterprise versions earlier than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, a dynamic link library (DLL) that ships with Splunk Enterprise references an insecure path for the OPENSSLDIR build definition. An attacker can abuse this reference and subsequently install malicious code to achieve privilege escalation on the Windows machine.
The record
Technical detail
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.0 · HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS v4.0
- Not supplied
- EPSS
- 0.00166 · 5.5th percentile
- Weakness
- CWE-665 · Improper Initialization
- Published
- 2023-08-30T16:19Z
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