CVE-2015-5531
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.0
Description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Elasticsearch
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
ElasticSearch 1.6.0 - Arbitrary File Download
Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
Metasploit modules
Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch | <1.6.1 | 1.6.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| elasticsearch | elasticsearch | {"endIncluding":"1.6.0"} | |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132721/Elasticsearch-Directory-Traversal.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133797/ElasticSearch-Path-Traversal-Arbitrary-File-Download.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133964/ElasticSearch-Snapshot-API-Directory-Traversal.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536017/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75935
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38383/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5531
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38383
CWEs
CWE-22
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.