5.9

CVE-2018-11762: apache software foundation apache tika Path Traversal

CVSS: 5.9v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-11762DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11762GHSA-w6g3-v46q-5p28
Published 19-09-2018Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-11762 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) Path Traversal vulnerability in apache software foundation apache tika. EPSS estimates a 5.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.45%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 19-09-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

5.45%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 5.45% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
5.45%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Apache1 product
  • tika≥ 0.9, ≤ 1.18
Apache software foundation1 product
Debian1 product
  • tika< 1.20-1
Org.apache.tika1 product
  • tika-core≥ 0.9, < 1.19
Ubuntu1 product
  • tikaAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 5 products

References

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