CVE-2025-20298

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 v3 8.0 HIGH

8.0^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.1 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0602	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder::::::::

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-06-02 18:15

Updated : 2025-08-04 18:19

NVD link : CVE-2025-20298

Mitre link : CVE-2025-20298

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-20298

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows

splunk

universal_forwarder

CWE

CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

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