CVE-2023-40598— Command Injection in Splunk Enterprise Using External Lookups
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2023-40598
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
Command Injection in Splunk Enterprise Using External Lookups
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can create an external lookup that calls a legacy internal function. The attacker can use this internal function to insert code into the Splunk platform installation directory. From there, a user can execute arbitrary code on the Splunk platform Instance.
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
在命令中使用的特殊元素转义处理不恰当(命令注入)
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Title
Splunk 访问控制错误漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Splunk是美国Splunk公司的一套数据收集分析软件。该软件主要用于收集、索引和分析及其所产生的数据，包括所有IT系统和基础结构（物理、虚拟机和云）生成的数据。 Splunk Enterprise 存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于可以创建调用旧内部函数的外部查找，从而执行任意代码。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions | CPE | Subscribe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Splunk | Splunk Enterprise | 8.2 ~ 8.2.12 | - | |
| Splunk | Splunk Cloud | - ~ 9.0.2305.200 | - |
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Same Patch Batch · Splunk · 2023-08-30 · 8 CVEs total
| CVE-2023-40595 | 8.8 HIGH | Remote Code Execution via Serialized Session Payload |
| CVE-2023-4571 | 8.6 HIGH | Unauthenticated Log Injection in Splunk IT Service Intelligence (ITSI) |
| CVE-2023-40592 | 8.4 HIGH | Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) on "/app/search/table" web endpoint |
| CVE-2023-40597 | 7.8 HIGH | Absolute Path Traversal in Splunk Enterprise Using runshellscript.py |
| CVE-2023-40596 | 7.0 HIGH | Splunk Enterprise on Windows Privilege Escalation due to Insecure OPENSSLDIR Build Definit |
| CVE-2023-40594 | 6.5 MEDIUM | Denial of Service (DoS) via the ‘printf’ Search Function |
| CVE-2023-40593 | 6.3 MEDIUM | Denial of Service (DoS) in Splunk Enterprise Using a Malformed SAML Request |
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