PT-2017-6739 · Elastic · Elasticsearch

Vasyl Kaigorodov · Published 2017-08-09 · Updated 2022-05-14 · CVE-2015-4165

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Elasticsearch versions prior to 1.6.0

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to write to and create arbitrary snapshot metadata files, potentially leading to the execution of arbitrary code. This is possible when another application on the system can read Lucene files and execute code from them, and the Java VM running Elasticsearch can write to a location readable and executable by the other application.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.6.0, update to version 1.6.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the snapshot API to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-4165

GHSA-FH5X-4J57-6Q5X

Affected Products

Elasticsearch

References · 12

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-fh5x-4j57-6q5x · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4165 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4165 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4165 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4165 · Vendor Advisory
• https://elastic.co/community/security · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4165 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/535727/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/536855/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230761 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/75113 · Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132234/Elasticsearch-1.5.2-File-Creation.html · Note