Vulnerability in Elasticsearch
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 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.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.044 (91.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.044 · newest: 0.044 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Elasticsearch — versions 1.5.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/132234/Elasticsearch-1.5.2-File-Creation.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535727/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/75113 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation, vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536855/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.elastic.co/community/security/ (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-4165?
- CVE-2015-4165 is a high-severity vulnerability in Elasticsearch, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-08-09.
- How severe is CVE-2015-4165?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.