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Apache Tika 0.9 - 1.18 Zip Slip Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

🗓️ 27 Sep 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType 
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Apache Tika Server Zip Slip Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerabilit

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:apache:tika";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.814055");
  script_version("2025-08-22T05:39:46+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-22 05:39:46 +0000 (Fri, 22 Aug 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-09-27 15:38:59 +0530 (Thu, 27 Sep 2018)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-11-20 21:02:00 +0000 (Tue, 20 Nov 2018)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-11762");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Apache Tika 0.9 - 1.18 Zip Slip Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_apache_tika_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("apache/tika/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apache Tika is prone to a zip slip arbitrary file overwrite
  vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to an error where a user does not specify
  an extract directory on the commandline and the input file has an embedded file with an absolute
  path, tika-app overwrites that file.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to overwrite
  arbitrary files.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apache Tika version 0.9 through 1.18.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.19 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ab2e1af38975f5fc462ba89b517971ef892ec3d06bee12ea2258895b@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E");

  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, port: port))
  exit(0);


if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "0.9", test_version2: "1.18")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.19");
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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22 Aug 2025 00:00Current
6.1Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.1
CVSS 25.8
CVSS 35.9
EPSS0.05449
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