CVE-2025-20298

Incorrect permission assignment on Universal Forwarder for Windows during new installation or upgrade

State: Published
Severity: 8.0 High
Published: Jun 2, 2025
Updated: Jun 2, 2025
Reserved: Oct 10, 2024

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.0 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	cisco

Weaknesses

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.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Splunk/UniversalForwarder for WindowsSplunk	9.4 to before 9.4.2Affected 9.3 to before 9.3.4Affected 9.2 to before 9.2.6Affected 9.1 to before 9.1.9Affected

References

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0602

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