#VU80334 Absolute Path Traversal in Splunk Enterprise - CVE-2023-40597

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#VU80334 Absolute Path Traversal in Splunk Enterprise - CVE-2023-40597

Published: September 4, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU80334
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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: CVE-2023-40597
CWE-ID: CWE-36
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Splunk Enterprise
Software vendor:
Splunk Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the runshellscript.py script. A local user can run a script in the root directory of another disk on the machine and execute arbitrary code.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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