{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1427","details":"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shell commands via a crafted script.","modified":"2025-07-16T07:17:28.633655Z","published":"2015-02-17T15:59:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:43:10Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-1427"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1427"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/Feb/92"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/100850"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.elasticsearch.com/blog/elasticsearch-1-4-3-1-3-8-released/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130368/Elasticsearch-1.3.7-1.4.2-Sandbox-Escape-Command-Execution.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1427"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"elasticsearch","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/elasticsearch@1.7.3+dfsg-3?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.7.3+dfsg-3"}]}],"versions":["1.6.2+dfsg-1","1.7.3+dfsg-1","1.7.3+dfsg-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.7.3+dfsg-3","binary_name":"elasticsearch"},{"binary_version":"1.7.3+dfsg-3","binary_name":"libelasticsearch1.7-java"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1427.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}