FKIE_CVE-2015-5531

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-08-17 15:59 - Updated: 2026-05-06 22:30
Severity
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in Elasticsearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors related to snapshot API calls.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132721/Elasticsearch-Directory-Traversal.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133797/ElasticSearch-Path-Traversal-Arbitrary-File-Download.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133964/ElasticSearch-Snapshot-API-Directory-Traversal.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536017/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75935
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.elastic.co/community/security/Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38383/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132721/Elasticsearch-Directory-Traversal.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133797/ElasticSearch-Path-Traversal-Arbitrary-File-Download.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133964/ElasticSearch-Snapshot-API-Directory-Traversal.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536017/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75935
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.elastic.co/community/security/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38383/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
elasticsearch elasticsearch *
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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:elasticsearch:elasticsearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "7DE8F3F8-E31C-4DF8-8FA6-1B1FCFCA1C15",
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      "value": "Directory traversal vulnerability in Elasticsearch before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors related to snapshot API calls."
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      "value": "Vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en Elasticsearch en versiones anteriores a 1.6.1, permite a atacantes remotos leer archivos arbitrarios a trav\u00e9s de vectores no especificados relacionados con llamadas a la API de instant\u00e1neas."
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  "id": "CVE-2015-5531",
  "lastModified": "2026-05-06T22:30:45.220",
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