CVE-2017-18348

N/A
Published: October 19, 2018 at 08:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:12 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSplunk

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

Splunk Enterprise 6.6.x, when configured to run as root but drop privileges to a specific non-root account, allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to that non-root account to modify $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/splunk-launch.conf and insert Trojan horse programs into $SPLUNK_HOME/bin, because the non-root setup instructions state that chown should be run across all of $SPLUNK_HOME to give non-root access.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.6.11

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101664
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAP3M

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732

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