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CVE-2023-40596

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

Description (CNA)

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 (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Splunk / Splunk Enterpriseaffected 8.2 before 8.2.12; affected 9.0 before 9.0.6; affected 9.1 before 9.1.1

CWE

CWE-665

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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CVE

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