CVE-2024-45731

HIGH

Splunk < 9.1.6 - Path Traversal

Title source: rule

Description

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.

References (2)

[Vendor Advisory] https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-1001

[Vendor Advisory] https://research.splunk.com/application/c97e0704-d9c6-454d-89ba-1510a987bf72/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.0

EPSS 0.0078

EPSS Percentile 73.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-22 CWE-23

Status published

Affected Products (2)

splunk/splunk < 9.1.6

splunk/splunk

Timeline

Published Oct 14, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026