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CVE-2015-1427

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...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
January 31, 2015
Published Date
February 17, 2015
Last Updated
February 10, 2025
Vendor
Elastic
Product
Elasticsearch
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.
Tags
elasticsearch cisa nuclei_scanner metasploit_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

9.8 - CRITICAL

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

CVSS v2.0

7.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Automatable
Yes
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2025-05-02 00:00:00 UTC) Source
Proof of Concept Available
Yes (added 2020-06-22 05:00:22 UTC) Source

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534689/100/0/threaded http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130784/ElasticSearch-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72585 http://www.elasticsearch.com/blog/elasticsearch-1-4-3-1-3-8-released/ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100850 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130368/Elasticsearch-1.3.7-1.4.2-Sandbox-Escape-Command-Execution.html https://www.elastic.co/community/security/

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2022-03-25 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/elasticsearch/search_groovy_script.rb 2025-04-29 11:01:20 UTC
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2015/CVE-2015-1427.yaml 2025-04-26 00:00:00 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

search_groovy_script

Type: metasploit • Created: Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2015-1427

xpgdgit/CVE-2015-1427

Type: github • Created: 2022-07-29 09:14:56 UTC • Stars: 0

cyberharsh/Groovy-scripting-engine-CVE-2015-1427

Type: github • Created: 2020-06-22 05:00:22 UTC • Stars: 0

t0kx/exploit-CVE-2015-1427

Type: github • Created: 2017-01-09 20:08:56 UTC • Stars: 33

Elasticsearch 1.4.0 < 1.4.2 Remote Code Execution exploit and vulnerable container

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Proof of Concept Exploit Available

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Nuclei

  • Detected by Metasploit