Low-Privileged User Vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise Could Lead to Remote Code Execution
CVE-2024-36985

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Splunk
Status
Splunk Enterprise
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 July 2024

Summary

A vulnerability exists in Splunk Enterprise that allows low-privileged users, who do not have the admin or power roles, to perform unauthorized actions leading to remote code execution. This issue stems from an external lookup mechanism that references the 'splunk_archiver' application. Affected users can exploit this vulnerability on versions before 9.2.2, 9.1.5, and 9.0.10, potentially compromising the security of the application and its underlying data.

Affected Version(s)

Splunk Enterprise 9.2 < 9.2.2

Splunk Enterprise 9.1 < 9.1.5

Splunk Enterprise 9.0 < 9.0.10

References

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0705
https://research.splunk.com/application/8598f9de-bba8-42a...

EPSS Score

6% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Alex Hordijk
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