CVE-2015-5531

Published: Aug 17, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Elasticsearch: Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch

1 product

Elasticsearch

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Elasticsearch Elasticsearch	Up to 1.6.0

Related CWEs

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (14)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132721/Elasticsearch-Directory-Traversal.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133797/ElasticSearch-Path-Traversal-Arbitrary-File-Download.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133964/ElasticSearch-Snapshot-API-Directory-Traversal.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536017/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75935

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.elastic.co/community/security/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38383/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132721/Elasticsearch-Directory-Traversal.html