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CVE-2018-11762

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Date: September 19, 2018

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.

Language: Java

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Related Resources (7)

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11762
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ab2e1af38975f5fc462ba89b517971ef892ec3d06bee12ea2258895b@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ab2e1af38975f5fc462ba89b517971ef892ec3d06bee12ea2258895b%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w6g3-v46q-5p28
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105515
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11762
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-11762

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Weakness Type (CWE)

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

CWE-22

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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