CVE-2021-42743 HIGH

CVE-2021-42743: Local privilege escalation via a default path in Splunk Enterprise Windows

Vendor Splunk
Product Splunk Enterprise
Weakness CWE-427
Published May 6, 2022
Last update August 4, 2024
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CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A misconfiguration in the node default path allows for local privilege escalation from a lower privileged user to the Splunk user in Splunk Enterprise versions before 8.1.1 on Windows.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 6, 2022 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated