CVE-2015-1427

9.8 CRITICAL CISA KEV - Actively Exploited

Published: February 17, 2015 Modified: October 22, 2025

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130368/Elasticsearch-1.3.7-1.4.2-Sandbox-Escape-Command-Execution.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130784/ElasticSearch-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.elasticsearch.com/blog/elasticsearch-1-4-3-1-3-8-released/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534689/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72585

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100850

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Not Applicable Vendor Advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130368/Elasticsearch-1.3.7-1.4.2-Sandbox-Escape-Command-Execution.html