Privilege escalation in Splunk Inc. products - #VU9119
Published: November 3, 2017 / Updated: October 22, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9119
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [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]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Light
Splunk Universal Forwarder
Splunk Light
Splunk Universal Forwarder
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any solutions addressing the vulnerability.