CVE-2021-42743

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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-0501.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

17 May 2022, 17:30

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Microsoft Microsoft windows Splunk splunk Splunk
CWE		CWE-427
References	~~(MISC) https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-0501.html -~~	(MISC) https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-0501.html - Vendor Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : 4.6 v3 : 7.8
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:::::enterprise:::*

06 May 2022, 17:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-05-06 17:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:22

NVD link : CVE-2021-42743

Mitre link : CVE-2021-42743

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-42743

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows

splunk

splunk

CWE

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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