PT-2015-6976 · Elastic · Elasticsearch

Benjamin Smith · Published 2015-08-17 · Updated 2022-05-14 · CVE-2015-5531

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Elasticsearch versions prior to 1.6.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors related to snapshot API calls. This affects Elasticsearch, enabling attackers to access files they should not have access to.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.6.1, update to version 1.6.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the snapshot API until a patch is applied. Avoid using the snapshot API for sensitive operations until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-5531

GHSA-JJQ8-VFJQ-J6V4

Affected Products

Elasticsearch

References · 16

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/elasticsearch_traversal.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/nixawk/labs/tree/master/CVE-2015-5531 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/38383 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5531 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5531 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-jjq8-vfjq-j6v4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5531 · Vendor Advisory
• https://elastic.co/community/security · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5531 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/75935 · Note
• https://elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-1-7-0-and-1-6-1-released#security · Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133797/ElasticSearch-Path-Traversal-Arbitrary-File-Download.html · Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132721/Elasticsearch-Directory-Traversal.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/536017/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5531 · Note