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CVE-2024-45731

HIGH CVSS: 8.0 Published: 2024-10-14 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

In Splunk Enterprise for Windows versions below 9.3.1, 9.2.3, and 9.1.6, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could write a file to the Windows system root directory, which has a default location in the Windows System32 folder, when Splunk Enterprise for Windows is installed on a separate drive.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft WindowsSplunk Splunk

Weakness Type

CWE-23, CWE-22

References