7.5

CVE-2015-4165: elasticsearch

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-4165GHSA-fh5x-4j57-6q5x
Published 09-08-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-4165 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in elasticsearch. EPSS estimates a 4.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.45%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 09-08-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.45%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.45% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.45%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Elasticsearch1 product
Org.elasticsearch1 product
  • elasticsearch< 1.6.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • elasticsearch< 1.7.3+dfsg-3

3 vendors · 3 products

References

10 links