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CVE-2023-40596

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CVE-2023-40596

Published: Aug 30, 2023

Modified: Feb 28, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.0

HIGH

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

Splunk

Splunk Enterprise

affected
8.2 - < 8.2.12
affected
9.0 - < 9.0.6
affected
9.1 - < 9.1.1

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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