CVE-2024-45731: splunk Relative Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-45731 is a high (CVSS 8.0) Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in splunk. EPSS estimates a 0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 14-10-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 28-02-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-23Relative Path TraversalThe product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.