Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Splunk Enterprise - CVE-2024-53247

 

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Splunk Enterprise - CVE-2024-53247

Published: December 11, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU101655
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-53247
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Splunk Inc.
Affected software:
Splunk Enterprise

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A remote low-privileged user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-53247

Install updates from vendor's website.

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