The Groovy scripting engine in 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.
Published 2015-02-17 15:59:05
Updated 2024-07-16 17:56:23
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org

Products affected by CVE-2015-1427

Threat overview for CVE-2015-1427

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Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 9200
IPs affected by CVE-2015-1427 24
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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CVE-2015-1427 is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

CISA vulnerability name:
Elasticsearch Groovy Scripting Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CISA required action:
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA description:
The Groovy scripting engine in Elasticsearch allows remote attackers to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism and execute arbitrary shell commands.
Notes:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1427
Added on 2022-03-25 Action due date 2022-04-15

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-1427

97.26%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 100 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2015-1427

  • ElasticSearch Search Groovy Sandbox Bypass
    Disclosure Date: 2015-02-11
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/multi/elasticsearch/search_groovy_script
    This module exploits a remote command execution (RCE) vulnerability in ElasticSearch, exploitable by default on ElasticSearch prior to 1.4.3. The bug is found in the REST API, which does not require authentication, where the search function allows groovy code executi

CVSS scores for CVE-2015-1427

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.5
HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
10.0
6.4
NIST
9.8
CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.9
5.9
NIST 2024-07-16

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