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2 vulnerabilities found for Splunk/UniversalForwarder for Windows by Splunk

CVE-2025-20298 (GCVE-0-2025-20298)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-02 17:14 – Updated: 2025-06-02 17:24
VLAI?
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.
Severity ?
8 (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.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Splunk Splunk/UniversalForwarder for Windows Affected: 9.4 , < 9.4.2 (custom)
Affected: 9.3 , < 9.3.4 (custom)
Affected: 9.2 , < 9.2.6 (custom)
Affected: 9.1 , < 9.1.9 (custom)
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CVE-2025-20298 (GCVE-0-2025-20298)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2025-06-02 17:14 – Updated: 2025-06-02 17:24
VLAI?
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.
Severity ?
8 (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.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Splunk Splunk/UniversalForwarder for Windows Affected: 9.4 , < 9.4.2 (custom)
Affected: 9.3 , < 9.3.4 (custom)
Affected: 9.2 , < 9.2.6 (custom)
Affected: 9.1 , < 9.1.9 (custom)
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