Splunk Enterprise up to 9.1.5/9.2.2/9.3.0 on Windows path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Splunk Enterprise up to 9.1.5/9.2.2/9.3.0 on Windows. The impacted element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to path traversal. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-45731. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Splunk Enterprise up to 9.1.5/9.2.2/9.3.0 on Windows. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-23. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In Splunk Enterprise for Windows versions below 9.3.1, 9.2.3, and 9.1.6, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could write a file to the Windows system root directory, which has a default location in the Windows System32 folder, when Splunk Enterprise for Windows is installed on a separate drive.

The advisory is shared for download at advisory.splunk.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-45731 since 09/05/2024. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208947 (Splunk Enterprise 9.1.0 < 9.1.6, 9.2.0 < 9.2.3, 9.3.0 < 9.3.1 (SVD-2024-1001)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 9.1.6, 9.2.3 or 9.3.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208947). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Log Management Software

Vendor

• Splunk

Name

• Enterprise

Version

• 9.0
• 9.1
• 9.1.0
• 9.1.1
• 9.1.2
• 9.1.3
• 9.1.4
• 9.1.5
• 9.2
• 9.2.0
• 9.2.1
• 9.2.2
• 9.3.0

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• commercial

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