In Splunk Universal Forwarder for Windows versions below 10.0.2, 9.4.6, 9.3.8, and 9.2.10, 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. This lets non-administrator users on the machine access the directory and all its contents.
History

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First Time appeared Splunk splunk
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Splunk splunk

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Splunk
Splunk splunk Enterprise
Splunk universal Forwarder
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft windows
Splunk
Splunk splunk Enterprise
Splunk universal Forwarder

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description In Splunk Universal Forwarder for Windows versions below 10.0.2, 9.4.6, 9.3.8, and 9.2.10, 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. This lets non-administrator users on the machine access the directory and all its contents.
Title Incorrect permissions assignment on Splunk Universal Forwarder for Windows during new installation or upgrade
Weaknesses CWE-732
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2025-12-03T17:00:51.451Z

Updated: 2025-12-04T04:55:18.275Z

Reserved: 2024-10-10T19:15:13.265Z

Link: CVE-2025-20387

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-03T21:33:38.710Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-12-03T17:15:51.257

Modified: 2025-12-05T17:35:09.560

Link: CVE-2025-20387

cve-icon Redhat

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