CVE-2018-11762

Published: Sep 19, 2018Modified: Nov 21, 2024

5.9

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitability: 2.2 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Apache: Tika

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Apache Tika	From 0.9 to 1.18

Related CWEs

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (4)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105515

Source: security@apache.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ab2e1af38975f5fc462ba89b517971ef892ec3d06bee12ea2258895b%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E

Source: security@apache.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105515

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ab2e1af38975f5fc462ba89b517971ef892ec3d06bee12ea2258895b%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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