CVE-2023-40596 (GCVE-0-2023-40596)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-30 16:19 – Updated: 2025-02-28 11:03
VLAI?
Title
Splunk Enterprise on Windows Privilege Escalation due to Insecure OPENSSLDIR Build Definition Reference in DLL
Summary
In Splunk Enterprise versions earlier than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, a dynamic link library (DLL) that ships with Splunk Enterprise references an insecure path for the OPENSSLDIR build definition. An attacker can abuse this reference and subsequently install malicious code to achieve privilege escalation on the Windows machine.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-665 - The software does not initialize or incorrectly initializes a resource, which might leave the resource in an unexpected state when it is accessed or used.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Splunk | Splunk Enterprise |
Affected:
8.2 , < 8.2.12
(custom)
Affected: 9.0 , < 9.0.6 (custom) Affected: 9.1 , < 9.1.1 (custom) |
Credits
Will Dormann, Vul Labs
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|---|
Nomenclature
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