What is the CVSS score of CVE-2015-4165?

CVE-2015-4165 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 7.5 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.7%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2015-4165?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2015-4165. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Java CVE-2015-4165

HIGH

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CWE-264)

2017-08-09 cve@mitre.org

RCE Java Privilege Escalation Elastic Elasticsearch

7.5

CVSS 3.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

7.5 HIGH

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Aug 09, 2017 - 16:29 cve.org

HIGH 7.5

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth

82 maven packages depend on org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (73 direct, 9 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 1.6.0.

DescriptionCVE.org

The snapshot API in Elasticsearch before 1.6.0 when another application exists on the system that can read Lucene files and execute code from them, is accessible by the attacker, and the Java VM on which Elasticsearch is running can write to a location that the other application can read and execute from, allows remote authenticated users to write to and create arbitrary snapshot metadata files, and potentially execute arbitrary code.

AnalysisAI

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-264. The snapshot API in Elasticsearch before 1.6.0 when another application exists on the system that can read Lucene files and execute code from them, is accessible by the attacker, and the Java VM on which Elasticsearch is running can write to a location that the other application can read and execute from, allows remote authenticated users to write to and create arbitrary snapshot metadata files, and potentially execute arbitrary code. Affected products include: Elasticsearch. Version information: before 1.6.0.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.