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Status published
High
CVE-2021-42743
Local privilege escalation via a default path in Splunk Enterprise Windows
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Ilias Dimopoulos of RedyOps Research Labs
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
8.1 version(s) before 8.1.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 6th, 2022
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H