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Short Name

HTTP:MISC:ES-GROOVY-CODEEXEC

Severity

Major

Recommended

Yes

Recommended Action

Drop

Category

HTTP

Keywords

ElasticSearch Search Groovy Sandbox Bypass

Release Date

2015/06/09

Update Number

2503

Supported Platforms

idp-4.0+, isg-3.0+, j-series-9.5+, mx-11.4+, srx-12.1+, srx-branch-12.1+, vmx-17.4+, vsrx-12.1+, vsrx3bsd-18.2+

HTTP: ElasticSearch Search Groovy Sandbox Bypass


This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against ElasticSearch. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Extended 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.

Affected Products

  • Elasticsearch elasticsearch 1.3.7
  • Elasticsearch elasticsearch 1.4.0
  • Elasticsearch elasticsearch 1.4.1
  • Elasticsearch elasticsearch 1.4.2

References

  • BugTraq: 72585
  • CVE: CVE-2015-1427
  • URL: https://jordan-wright.github.io/blog/2015/03/08/elasticsearch-rce-vulnerability-cve-2015-1427/
  • URL: https://github.com/XiphosResearch/exploits/tree/master/ElasticSearch
  • URL: http://drops.wooyun.org/papers/5107

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