VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-11762
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…
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 5.45%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.45%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 5.45% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- apache/tika
- Source
- security@apache.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105515Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ab2e1af38975f5fc462ba89b517971ef892ec3d06bee12ea2258895b%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105515Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ab2e1af38975f5fc462ba89b517971ef892ec3d06bee12ea2258895b%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.