FKIE_CVE-2025-20298

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-06-02 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 08:41
Severity
8.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
psirt@cisco.comhttps://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0602Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
splunk universal_forwarder *
splunk universal_forwarder *
splunk universal_forwarder *
splunk universal_forwarder *
microsoft windows -
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T08:41:22.877",
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