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ElasticSearch Snapshot API Directory Traversal

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Disclosed
N/A
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

'This module exploits a directory traversal vulnerability in
ElasticSearch, allowing an attacker to read arbitrary files
with JVM process privileges, through the Snapshot API.'

Authors

Benjamin Smith
Pedro Andujar [email protected]
Jose A. Guasch [email protected]

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use auxiliary/scanner/http/elasticsearch_traversal
    msf auxiliary(elasticsearch_traversal) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(elasticsearch_traversal) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(elasticsearch_traversal) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(elasticsearch_traversal) > run
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