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CVE-2025-20298

HIGH
8.0CVSS
Published: 2025-06-02
Updated: 2025-08-04
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Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
low
User Action
required
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-732

Metadata

Primary Vendor
SPLUNK
Published
6/2/2025
Last Modified
8/4/2025
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

splunk : universal_forwardersplunk : universal_forwardersplunk : universal_forwardersplunk : universal_forwarder

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