Unauthenticated Remote File Read and Command Execution in Splunk 4.2.5 and Earlier

CVE-2011-4644 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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