PT-2023-4794 · Splunk · Splunk Enterprise

Danylo Dmytriiev + 1 · Published 2023-08-16 · Updated 2024-04-10 · CVE-2023-40597

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Splunk Enterprise versions prior to 8.2.12 Splunk Enterprise versions prior to 9.0.6 Splunk Enterprise versions prior to 9.1.1

Description The issue is related to an absolute path traversal that can be exploited to execute arbitrary code located on a separate disk. It is also associated with incorrect restriction of directory path names in the Splunk Web interface, which can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code using the runshellscript.py script.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.2.12, update to version 8.2.12 or later. For versions prior to 9.0.6, update to version 9.0.6 or later. For versions prior to 9.1.1, update to version 9.1.1 or later.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-36

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-05245

CVE-2023-40597

Affected Products

Splunk Enterprise

References · 9

• https://research.splunk.com/application/356bd3fe-f59b-4f64-baa1-51495411b7ad · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0806 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-40597 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40597 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-05245 · Security Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023090417 · Note
• https://t.me/true_secator/4795 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/69470 · Telegram Post
• https://vuldb.com/ru/?id.238368 · Note