Critical severity · published Feb 17, 2015
CVE-2015-1427
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…
In wildKEV
9.8
CVSS
99.9%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)99.9% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Mar 25, 2022
Federal remediation dueApr 15, 2022
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Elasticsearch · Elastic
before 1.3.8; 1.4.0 before 1.4.3 · source: NVD, KEV
FU
Fuse · Redhat
1.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1427
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1427
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130368/Elasticsearch-1.3.7-1.4.2-Sandbox-Escape-Command-Execution.html
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130784/ElasticSearch-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
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
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