CVE-2025-20298 — Incorrect permission assignment on Universal Forwarder for Windows during new installation or upgrade

CVE-2025-20298

Incorrect permission assignment on Universal Forwarder for Windows during new installation or upgrade PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

In Universal Forwarder for Windows versions below 9.4.2, 9.3.4, 9.2.6, and 9.1.9, a new installation of or an upgrade to an affected version can result in incorrect permissions assignment in the Universal Forwarder for Windows Installation directory (by default, C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder). This lets non-administrator users on the machine access the directory and all its contents.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
Splunk / Splunk/UniversalForwarder for Windows	affected 9.4 before 9.4.2; affected 9.3 before 9.3.4; affected 9.2 before 9.2.6; affected 9.1 before 9.1.9

CWE

CWE-732

References

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0602

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

No English description supplied.

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