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CVE-2017-5607

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5607 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Light. The flaw allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive logged-in usernames and version information through a crafted webpage due to the assignment of the $C JS property to the global Window namespace. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.5, indicating a low severity, as it requires user interaction and only impacts confidentiality. While not actively exploited in the wild, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, and there has been some community discussion and media coverage regarding the issue.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:light:*:*:*
>= 5.0.0, < 5.0.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
>= 6.1.0, < 6.1.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
>= 6.2.0, < 6.2.13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

3.5LOW

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-41779 · Mar 31, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0585 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 406 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

hyp3rlinx.altervista.org / advisories/SPLUNK-ENTERPRISE-INFORMATION-THEFT.txt
ExploitThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/89
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/41779
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
splunk.com / view/SP-CAAAPZ3
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/540346/100/0/threaded
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/97265
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/97286
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038170
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry