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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
8.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SplunkCNA
8.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 33%
VendorProductVersion
splunksplunk
𝑥
< 8.1.1
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-0501.html
https://www.splunk.com/en_us/product-security/announcements/svd-2022-0501.html