Path traversal in Splunk Enterprise - CVE-2024-45731
Published: October 15, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU98541
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45731
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing filenames. A remote user can write a .dll file to the Windows system root directory, which has a default
location in the Windows System32 folder, and execute it with elevated privileges.
Note, the vulnerability affects Splunk Enterprise for
Windows when installed on a separate drive.
Affected software
Splunk Enterprise
How to mitigate CVE-2024-45731
Install update from vendor's website.
Splunk Enterprise - addressed in versions 9.1.6, 9.2.3, 9.3.1