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ghsa-4q83-43xw-q63j

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-06-02 18:30

Modified

2025-06-02 18:30

Severity ?

8.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

In Universal Forwarder for Windows versions below 9.4.2, 9.3.4, 9.2.6, and 9.1.9, a new installation of or an upgrade to an affected version can result in incorrect permissions assignment in the Universal Forwarder for Windows Installation directory (by default, C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder). This lets non-administrator users on the machine access the directory and all its contents.

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  "modified": "2025-06-02T18:30:52Z",
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CVE-2025-20298 (GCVE-0-2025-20298)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-06-02 17:14

Modified

2025-06-02 17:24

Severity ?

8.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-732 - The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.

Summary

In Universal Forwarder for Windows versions below 9.4.2, 9.3.4, 9.2.6, and 9.1.9, a new installation of or an upgrade to an affected version can result in incorrect permissions assignment in the Universal Forwarder for Windows Installation directory (by default, C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder). This lets non-administrator users on the machine access the directory and all its contents.

References

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URL

Tags

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0602

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Splunk	Splunk/UniversalForwarder for Windows	Version: 9.4 < 9.4.2 Version: 9.3 < 9.3.4 Version: 9.2 < 9.2.6 Version: 9.1 < 9.1.9

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