CVE-2015-5531 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2015-08-17

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 91.8% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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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

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 0.9175.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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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Subscriptions

Elasticsearch Elasticsearch

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-08-17T15:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2015-07-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5531

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:29:17.047

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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Weaknesses

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

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