CVE-2021-42743

Published: May 6, 2022Modified: Nov 21, 2024

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

A misconfiguration in the node default path allows for local privilege escalation from a lower privileged user to the Splunk user in Splunk Enterprise versions before 8.1.1 on Windows.

Affected (1)

Products: Splunk: Splunk

Splunk

1 product

Splunk

Configuration A

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Splunk Splunk	Before 8.1.1

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Microsoft Windows	All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors.

References (2)

https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-0501.html

Source: prodsec@splunk.com

Vendor Advisory

https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-0501.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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