CVE-2011-4644 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.5% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Splunk 4.2.5 and earlier, when a Free license is selected, enables potentially undesirable functionality within an environment that intentionally does not support authentication, which allows remote attackers to (1) read arbitrary files via a management-console session that leverages the ability to create crafted data sources, or (2) execute management commands via an HTTP request.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 7.51% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-287 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-01-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| splunk | splunk |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Splunk - Remote Command Execution | 2011-12-15 |
References
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18245/
- http://www.sec-1.com/blog/?p=233
- http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Attacking_Splunk_Release.pdf
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18245/
- http://www.sec-1.com/blog/?p=233
- http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Attacking_Splunk_Release.pdf
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