CVE-2015-4165
The snapshot API in Elasticsearch before 1.6.0 when another application exists on the system that can read Lucene files and execute code from them, is accessible by the attacker, and the Java VM on which Elasticsearch is running can write to a location…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The snapshot API in Elasticsearch before 1.6.0 when another application exists on the system that can read Lucene files and execute code from them, is accessible by the attacker, and the Java VM on which Elasticsearch is running can write to a location that the other application can read and execute from, allows remote authenticated users to write to and create arbitrary snapshot metadata files, and potentially execute arbitrary code.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.45% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- elasticsearch/elasticsearch
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132234/Elasticsearch-1.5.2-File-Creation.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535727/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536855/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75113Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230761Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security/Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132234/Elasticsearch-1.5.2-File-Creation.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535727/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536855/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75113Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230761Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.