CVE-2018-11762
low-risk
Published 2018-09-19
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.
Do I need to act?
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0.87% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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5
CVSS 5.9/10
Medium
NETWORK
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
References (4)
26
/ 100
low-risk
Severity
18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
3/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal