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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-3784 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-fh5x-4j57-6q5x Improper Access Control in Elasticsearch
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:04:02.911Z

Reserved: 2015-06-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-4165

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-08-09T16:29:00.253

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2015-4165

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-06-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-4165 - Bugzilla

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