CVE-2014-3120
Elasticsearch: Remote Code Execution
As of , CVE-2014-3120 in Elasticsearch is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 25 March 2022
- US federal deadline
- 15 April 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.89Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.75 on 25 March 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries (2 verified)
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Elasticsearch enables dynamic scripting, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary MVEL expressions and Java code.
CISA's description
The default configuration in Elasticsearch before 1.2 enables dynamic scripting, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary MVEL expressions and Java code via the source parameter to _search. NOTE: this only violates the vendor's intended security policy if the user does not run Elasticsearch in its own independent virtual machine.
The CVE record's description, from mitre
- CVE published
- 28 July 2014
- Assigned by
- mitre
- CVSS
- 8.1 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-284
- Improper Access Control
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- partial
Timeline
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 33370).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 33588).
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: ElasticSearch Dynamic Script Arbitrary Java Executionexploit module, rank excellent
- Exploit-DB: ElasticSearch Dynamic Script - Arbitrary Java Execution (Metasploit)EDB-ID 33588, verified by Exploit-DB, 30 May 2014
- Exploit-DB: ElasticSearch - Remote Code ExecutionEDB-ID 33370, verified by Exploit-DB, 15 May 2014
Elasticsearch: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2015-1427Groovy Scripting Engine Remote Code Execution | Elastic Elasticsearch | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.99; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.99 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org