CVE-2018-11762

5.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Apache
Status
Apache Tika
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 September 2018

Summary

In Apache Tika 0.9 to 1.18, in a rare edge case where a user does not specify an extract directory on the commandline (--extract-dir=) and the input file has an embedded file with an absolute path, such as "C:/evil.bat", tika-app would overwrite that file.

Affected Version(s)

Apache Tika 0.9 to 1.18

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105515
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ab2e1af38975f5fc462b...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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