CVE-2011-4644
highpriority · attend · 50EPSS 0.075 · 94 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-18245Splunk - Remote Command Executionfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (66)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (10)
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- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18245/cnnvd
- http://www.sec-1.com/blog/?p=233cnnvd
- http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Attacking_Splunk_Release.pdfcnnvd
- http://www.splunk.com/downloadPatchcnnvd
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18245/enisa_euvd
- http://www.sec-1.com/blog/?p=233enisa_euvd
- http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Attacking_Splunk_Release.pdfenisa_euvd
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18245/Exploitnvd
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