The snapshot API in Elasticsearch before 1.6.0 when another application exists on the system that can read Lucene files and execute code from them, is accessible by the attacker, and the Java VM on which Elasticsearch is running can write to a location that the other application can read and execute from, allows remote authenticated users to write to and create arbitrary snapshot metadata files, and potentially execute arbitrary code.
Published 2017-08-09 16:29:00
Updated 2018-10-09 19:57:08
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Execute code

Products affected by CVE-2015-4165

Threat overview for CVE-2015-4165

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2015-4165
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 9200
IPs affected by CVE-2015-4165 266
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-4165

1.07%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 84 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2015-4165

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
6.0
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
6.8
6.4
NIST
7.5
HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1.6
5.9
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2015-4165

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2015-4165

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