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CVE-2018-11762

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9 EPSS 5.45%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-09-19 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.9. It affects Apache.

CVE
CVE-2018-11762
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.9
EPSS
5.45%
Apache

Original 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.

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