CVE-2023-40598 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can create an external lookup that calls a legacy internal function. The attacker can use this internal function to insert code into the Splunk platform installation directory. From there, a user can execute arbitrary code on the Splunk platform Instance.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0011.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Splunk	Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-45156	In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can create an external lookup that calls a legacy internal function. The attacker can use this internal function to insert code into the Splunk platform installation directory. From there, a user can execute arbitrary code on the Splunk platform Instance.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2023-0807
https://research.splunk.com/application/ee69374a-d27e-4136-adac-956a96ff60fd/

History

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Splunk

Published: 2023-08-30T16:19:28.135Z

Updated: 2025-02-28T11:03:41.623Z

Reserved: 2023-08-16T22:07:52.838Z

Link: CVE-2023-40598

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:38:50.310Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-30T17:15:10.267

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:19:47.817

Link: CVE-2023-40598

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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