CVE-2015-4165 describes a high-severity vulnerability in Elasticsearch versions prior to 1.6.0, allowing remote authenticated users to write and create arbitrary snapshot metadata files. This flaw, under specific conditions involving another application capable of reading Lucene files and executing code, could lead to arbitrary code execution. The attack requires high complexity and user authentication, but if successful, it can result in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the CVSS score is 7.5 (High), there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:elasticsearch:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.