CVE-2011-4644
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| splunk | splunk | {"endIncluding":"4.2.5"} | |
| splunk | splunk | 2.1 | |
| splunk | splunk | 2.2 | |
| splunk | splunk | 2.2.1 | |
| splunk | splunk | 2.2.3 | |
| splunk | splunk | 2.2.6 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.0 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.0.1 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.0.2 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.1 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.1.1 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.1.2 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.1.3 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.1.4 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.2 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.2.1 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.2.2 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.2.3 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.2.4 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.2.5 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.2.6 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.3 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.3.1 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.3.2 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.3.3 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.3.4 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.4 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.4.1 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.4.2 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.4.3 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.4.5 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.4.6 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.4.8 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.4.9 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.4.10 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.4.11 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.4.12 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.4.13 | |
| splunk | splunk | 3.4.14 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.0 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.0.1 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.0.2 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.0.3 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.0.4 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.0.5 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.0.6 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.0.7 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.0.8 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.0.9 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.0.10 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.0.11 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.1 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.1.1 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.1.2 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.1.3 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.1.4 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.1.5 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.1.6 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.1.7 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.1.8 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.2 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.2.1 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.2.2 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.2.3 | |
| splunk | splunk | 4.2.4 | |
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
CWEs
CWE-287
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.