{"cve":"CVE-2015-4165","nvd":{"published":"2017-08-09T16:29:00.253","modified":"2026-06-17T00:26:51.087","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132234/Elasticsearch-1.5.2-File-Creation.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535727/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536855/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75113","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230761"],"products":["elasticsearch:elasticsearch"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:44:47.710380879+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-4165","score":0.0445,"percentile":0.9142,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-fh5x-4j57-6q5x","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-fh5x-4j57-6q5x","summary":"Improper Access Control in Elasticsearch","modified":"2024-02-20T05:31:34.694167Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch","purl":"pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch","ranges":["<1.6.0"],"fixed":["1.6.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}