Splunk up to 3.4.1 improper authentication

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Splunk up to 3.4.1 (Log Management Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was published 01/03/2012 (Website). The advisory is available at sec-1.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-4644 since 11/30/2011. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Gary O'Leary-Steele and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 19 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (71823), Exploit-DB (18245), SecurityFocus (BID 78384†), OSVDB (77695†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54712†). Similar entries are available at VDB-59869 and VDB-59868. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.3

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Gary O'Leary-Steele
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OpenVAS ID: 902801
OpenVAS Name: Splunk Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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11/30/2011 🔍
12/12/2011 +12 days 🔍
12/15/2011 +3 days 🔍
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01/03/2012 +19 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +1175 days 🔍
12/02/2015 +254 days 🔍
11/10/2024 +3266 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: sec-1.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2011-4644 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-4644
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59870
X-Force: 71823
SecurityFocus: 78384 - Splunk CVE-2011-4644 Remote Security Vulnerability
OSVDB: 77695
Vulnerability Center: 54712 - Splunk 4.2.5 and Earlier Remote File System Read and Code Execution, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM
Updated: 11/10/2024 07:32 AM
Changes: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM (54), 05/09/2018 11:47 AM (16), 11/10/2024 07:32 AM (16)
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