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CVE-2023-40596

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Publication date:
30/08/2023
Last modified:
10/04/2024

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
8.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* 8.2.0 (including) 8.2.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* 9.0.0 (including) 9.0.6 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.1.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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