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Medium Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2015-5531 EUVD-2022-4392GHSA-jjq8-vfjq-j6v4

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Elasticsearch

Published Aug 17, 2015 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch Ecosystem: Maven

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.

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 1

GitHub 2 repositories

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

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Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch < 1.6.1 1.6.1 GHSA-jjq8-vfjq-j6v4

Advisories 1

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