CVE-2024-45731

Potential Remote Command Execution (RCE) through arbitrary file write to Windows system root directory when Splunk Enterprise for Windows is installed on a separate disk

Published Oct 14, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-41736 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Splunk splunk
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.3.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Splunk splunk
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Splunk
Splunk splunk Enterprise
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Splunk
Splunk splunk Enterprise
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Potential Remote Command Execution (RCE) through arbitrary file write to Windows system root directory when Splunk Enterprise for Windows is installed on a separate disk
Weaknesses CWE-23
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Splunk
Published
Updated
Feb 28, 2025, 11:03 AM
Reserved
Sep 5, 2024, 9:35 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Oct 14, 2024, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:54 AM