Unscored severity · published Aug 17, 2015
CVE-2015-5531
Directory traversal vulnerability in Elasticsearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors related to snapshot API calls
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CVSS
94.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Elasticsearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors related to snapshot API calls.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)94.8% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Elasticsearch · Elastic
through 1.6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5531
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5531
packetstormsecurity.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132721/Elasticsearch-Directory-Traversal.html
packetstormsecurity.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133797/ElasticSearch-Path-Traversal-Arbitrary-File-Download.html
packetstormsecurity.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133964/ElasticSearch-Snapshot-API-Directory-Traversal.html
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536017/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75935
Vendor Advisory
https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
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