CVE-2015-4165

Published Aug 9, 2017

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description
The snapshot API in Elasticsearch before 1.6.0 when another application exists on the system that can read Lucene files and execute code from them, is accessible by the attacker, and the Java VM on which Elasticsearch is running can write to a location that the other application can read and execute from, allows remote authenticated users to write to and create arbitrary snapshot metadata files, and potentially execute arbitrary code.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.5
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
1.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
6.8
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-264

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations