CVE-2014-5197 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in (1) Splunk Web or the (2) Splunkd HTTP Server in Splunk Enterprise 6.1.x before 6.1.3 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a URI, related to search ids.

Published: 2014-08-12

Score: 4.0 Medium

EPSS: 2.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.1::::enterprise:::
	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.1.1::::enterprise:::
	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:6.1.2::::enterprise:::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-5095	Directory traversal vulnerability in (1) Splunk Web or the (2) Splunkd HTTP Server in Splunk Enterprise 6.1.x before 6.1.3 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a URI, related to search ids.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02217.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/59940
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030690
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAM9H

History

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Subscriptions

Splunk Splunk

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-08-12T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:36:58.756Z

Reserved: 2014-08-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-5197

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-08-12T20:55:03.917

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:11:11.920

Link: CVE-2014-5197

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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