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CVE-2015-5531

Directory traversal vulnerability in Elasticsearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unsp

Directory traversal vulnerability in Elasticsearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors related to snapshot API calls.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.92032
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 0% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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Affected Products & Versions

1
elasticsearch<= 1.6.0
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch MODERATE fixed in 1.6.1
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Public Exploits & PoCs

6
webappsElasticSearch 1.6.0 - Arbitrary File Download2015-10-02
nucleiElasticSearch <1.6.1 - Local File Inclusionmedium
pocpacketstormsecurity.com · Elasticsearch-Directory-Traversal.htmlpacketstormsecurity.com
pocpacketstormsecurity.com · ElasticSearch-Path-Traversal-Arbitrary-File-Download.htmlpacketstormsecurity.com
pocpacketstormsecurity.com · ElasticSearch-Snapshot-API-Directory-Traversal.htmlpacketstormsecurity.com
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 38383www.exploit-db.com
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Scoring & Timeline

5
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published to NVD17 Aug 2015 · 03:59 PM
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536017/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75935
https://www.elastic.co/community/security/Vendor Advisory
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