High severity · published Aug 30, 2023
CVE-2023-40597
In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can exploit an absolute path traversal to execute arbitrary code that is located on a separate disk
8.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can exploit an absolute path traversal to execute arbitrary code that is located on a separate disk.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 14% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SP
Splunk · Splunk
8.2.0 before 8.2.12; 9.0.0 before 9.0.6; 9.1.0 · source: NVD
SC
Splunk Cloud Platform · Splunk
through 9.0.2305.100 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40597
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40597
Vendor Advisory
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0806
Vendor Advisory
https://research.splunk.com/application/356bd3fe-f59b-4f64-baa1-51495411b7ad/
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