CVE-2015-1427

critical-risk
Published 2015-02-17

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.

Do I need to act?

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92.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 8% of all CVEs
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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2 public exploits available
36415, 36337
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Elastic Redhat

References (17)

Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130368/Elasticsearch-1.3.7-1.4.2-Sandbox-Es...
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130784/ElasticSearch-Unauthenticated-Remote...
Patch http://www.elasticsearch.com/blog/elasticsearch-1-4-3-1-3-8-released/
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534689/100/0/threaded
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72585
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
Third Party Advisory https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100850
Not Applicable https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130368/Elasticsearch-1.3.7-1.4.2-Sandbox-Es...
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130784/ElasticSearch-Unauthenticated-Remote...
Patch http://www.elasticsearch.com/blog/elasticsearch-1-4-3-1-3-8-released/
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534689/100/0/threaded
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72585
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
Third Party Advisory https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100850
Not Applicable https://www.elastic.co/community/security/
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-...
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Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 34/34 · Critical
Exposure 7/34 · Low