CVE-2017-18348

Splunk Enterprise 6.6.x, when configured to run as root but drop privileges to a specific non-root account, allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to that non-root account to modify $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/splunk-launch.conf and insert Trojan horse programs into $SPLUNK_HOME/bin, because the non-root setup instructions state that chown should be run across all of $SPLUNK_HOME to give non-root access.

CVSS v3.0

7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 34th percentile

Published

2018-10-19

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2017-022.txt

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-18347
• CVE-2017-18349
• CVE-2017-18346
• CVE-2017-18352
• CVE-2017-18345
• CVE-2017-18353