ElasticSearch Snapshot API Directory Traversal
05/30/2018
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.'
Author(s)
- Benjamin Smith
- Pedro Andujar <pandujar@segfault.es>
- Jose A. Guasch <jaguasch@gmail.com>
Development
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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