Unscored severity · published Aug 7, 2014
CVE-2013-6771
Directory traversal vulnerability in the collect script in Splunk before 5.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a
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CVSS
4.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the collect script in Splunk before 5.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT per ADT2 due to different vulnerability types. CVE-2013-7394 is for the issue in the "runshellscript echo.sh" script.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.8% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SP
Splunk · Splunk
through 5.0.4; 5.0; 5.0.1; 5.0.2; 5.0.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6771
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6771
Vendor Advisory
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAH76
zerodayinitiative.com
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-052/
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