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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-4562 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:09:19.537Z

Reserved: 2011-11-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-4644

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-01-03T11:55:04.047

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-4644

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