CVE-2015-5531 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.91324.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Elasticsearch	Elasticsearch

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-jjq8-vfjq-j6v4	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Elasticsearch

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132721/Elasticsearch-Directory-Traversal.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133797/ElasticSearch-Path-Traversal-Arbitrary-File-Download.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133964/ElasticSearch-Snapshot-API-Directory-Traversal.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536017/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75935
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5531
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5531
https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38383/

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-08-17T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:50:02.923Z

Reserved: 2015-07-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-5531

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-08-17T15:59:02.437

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-5531

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-07-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-5531 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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