CVE-2018-11762
MEDIUMApache Tika 0.9-1.18 - Path Traversal via Embedded File with Absolute Path
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105515
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ab2e1af38975f5fc462ba89b517971ef892ec3d06bee12ea2258895b%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.0087
EPSS Percentile
75.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (2)
apache/tika
0.9 - 1.18
org.apache.tika/tika-core
0.9 - 1.19Maven
Published
Sep 19, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026