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critical 9.3

CVE-2011-4644 json

Splunk 4.2.5 and earlier, when a Free license is selected, enables potentially undesirable functionality within an environment that intenti…

published 2012-01-03 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-4562

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.5%
EPSS 7.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-18245)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

7.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-18245 Splunk - Remote Command Execution remote, 2011-12-15
  • sec-1.com http://www.sec-1.com/blog/?p=233 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • sec-1.com http://www.sec-1.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Attacking_Splunk_Release.pdf referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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