Privilege escalation in Splunk Inc. products - #VU9119
Published: November 3, 2017 / Updated: October 22, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9119
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Splunk Inc.
Affected software:
Splunk Universal Forwarder
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Light
Splunk Universal Forwarder
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Light
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
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 currently unaware of any solutions addressing the vulnerability.