CVE Catalog

CVE-2013-6771

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

CVE-2013-6771 is a directory traversal vulnerability in the collect script in Splunk before version 5.0.5 that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to execute commands remotely, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade Splunk to version 5.0.5 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS