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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.0 High

CVE-2023-40596

Splunk Enterprise on Windows Privilege Escalation due to Insecure OPENSSLDIR Build Definition Reference in DLL

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Splunk Splunk Enterprise

  • 8.2 to < 8.2.12affected
  • 9.0 to < 9.0.6affected
  • 9.1 to < 9.1.1affected

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