CVE - CVE-2015-4165

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-4165	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BUGTRAQ:20150609 Elasticsearch vulnerability CVE-2015-4165 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535727/100/0/threaded BUGTRAQ:20151106 Elasticsearch vulnerability CVE-2015-4165 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536855/100/0/threaded MISC:http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132234/Elasticsearch-1.5.2-File-Creation.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230761 CONFIRM:https://www.elastic.co/community/security/ BID:75113 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75113
Assigning CNA
N/A
Date Entry Created
20150602	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20150602)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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