SB2017102711 - Privilege escalation in Splunk
Published: October 27, 2017 Updated: November 3, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017102711
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: N/A)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists on the systems running with non-root user privileges and with the '$SPLUNK_HOME' and '$SPLUNK_HOME/etc' directories owned by the splunk user due to improper access control. A local attacker can gain root privileges.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.