Path Traversal in Elasticsearch
CVE-2015-5531
Directory traversal vulnerability in Elasticsearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors related to snapshot API calls.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.948 (99.9th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.948 · newest: 0.948 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536017/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/132721/Elasticsearch-Directory-Traversal.html
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/133964/ElasticSearch-Snapshot-API-Directory-Trave…
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/75935 (vdb-entry)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/133797/ElasticSearch-Path-Traversal-Arbitrary-Fil…
- www.elastic.co/community/security/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38383/ (exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-5531?
- CVE-2015-5531 is a vulnerability in Elasticsearch, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2015-08-17.
- Is CVE-2015-5531 known to be exploited?
- 33 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.