Check Point Advisories

Splunk Enterprise Privilege Escalation (CVE-2023-32707)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2023-1387
Date Published:	20 Dec 2023
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 20 December, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2023-32707
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Splunk Enterprise 8.1.0 and later, prior to 8.1.14 Splunk Enterprise 8.2.0 and later, prior to 8.2.11 Splunk Enterprise 9.0.0 and later, prior to 9.0.5 Splunk Cloud Platform prior to 9.0.2303.100
Vulnerability Description	A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Splunk Enterprise. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Splunk Enterprise Privilege Escalation (CVE-2023-32707) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Splunk Enterprise Privilege Escalation (CVE-2023-32707)