CVE-2024-45731CWE-23

Potential Remote Command Execution (RCE) through arbitrary file write to Windows system root directory when Splunk Enterprise for Windows is installed on a separate disk

High · published October 14, 2024

CVSS v3.1
8.0
EPSS
1%
Percentile
46.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In Splunk Enterprise for Windows versions below 9.3.1, 9.2.3, and 9.1.6, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could write a file to the Windows system root directory, which has a default location in the Windows System32 folder, when Splunk Enterprise for Windows is installed on a separate drive.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.0 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00568 · 46.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-23 · Relative Path Traversal
Published
2024-10-14T16:46Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 OCT 16:46Z
    Potential Remote Command Execution (RCE) through arbitrary file write to Windows system root directory when Splunk Enterprise for Windows is installed on a separate disk
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