Splunk Enterprise 5.0.x before 5.0.18, 6.0.x before 6.0.14, 6.1.x before 6.1.13, 6.2.x before 6.2.13.1, 6.3.x before 6.3.10, 6.4.x before 6.4.6, and 6.5.x before 6.5.3 and Splunk Light before 6.5.2 assigns the $C JS property to the global Window namespace, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive logged-in username and version-related information via a crafted webpage.
CVE-2017-5607
Score 3.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 3.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 3.5
- EG Score
- 3.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 92.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 10, 2017
Last Modified
May 13, 2026
References (16)
- cve@mitrehttp://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/SPLUNK-ENTERPRISE-INFORMATION-THEFT.txt
- cve@mitrehttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/89
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540346/100/0/threaded
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97265
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97286
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038170
- cve@mitrehttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41779/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPZ3#InformationLeakageviaJavaScriptCVE20175607
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/SPLUNK-ENTERPRISE-INFORMATION-THEFT.txt
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/89
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540346/100/0/threaded
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97265
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97286
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038170
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41779/
Data Freshness Timeline
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Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-41779✓ verifiedFirst seen Mar 31, 2017
Splunk Enterprise - Information Disclosure
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