CVE-2015-1427
Publication date 17 February 2015
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| elasticsearch | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
9.8 · Critical
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Other references
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/Feb/92
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/100850
- http://www.elasticsearch.com/blog/elasticsearch-1-4-3-1-3-8-released/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130368/Elasticsearch-1.3.7-1.4.2-Sandbox-Escape-Command-Execution.html
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1427
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog