CVE-2018-11762 (GCVE-0-2018-11762)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-19 14:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CWE
- Zip Slip Vulnerability in Apache Tika's tika-app
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105515 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ab2e1af38975… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Tika |
Affected:
0.9 to 1.18
|
guessed |
Date Public
2018-09-19 00:00
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