Check Point Advisories

Splunk Arbitrary File Read and Write (CVE-2023-32714)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2023-0449
Date Published:	17 Apr 2024
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 17 April, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2023-32714
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Splunk 8.1.0 and later, prior to 8.1.14 Splunk 8.2.0 and later, prior to 8.2.11 Splunk 9.0.0 and later, prior to 9.0.5 Splunk App for Lookup File Editing prior to 4.0.1
Vulnerability Description	An arbitrary file read and write vulnerability exists in Splunk. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to write and read arbitrary file.

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 Arbitrary File Read and Write (CVE-2023-32714) 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 Arbitrary File Read and Write (CVE-2023-32714)