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CVE-2016-6809
CRITICAL9.8
Description
Apache Tika before 1.14 allows Java code execution for serialized objects embedded in MATLAB files. The issue exists because Tika invokes JMatIO to do native deserialization.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score9.8
SeverityCRITICAL
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack VectorNETWORK
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
Published4/6/2017
Last Modified4/20/2025
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
apache:nutchapache:tika
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-502
References
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Nov/40(cve@mitre.org)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94247(cve@mitre.org)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/91eb639ef619b9a26b40020ca6732e7dbe457f7322ed5f1df49e411a%40%3Cdev.nutch.apache.org%3E(cve@mitre.org)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d2375da29d89e679abf5d845db76d6f798fdc6f7d44f2c788e8a0fb9%40%3Cuser.nutch.apache.org%3E(cve@mitre.org)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e414754a6c57ce7194b731e211cd6b2cbb41f2c7000e3fb9c6b6ec78%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E(cve@mitre.org)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2f6f6c130b12b7332f323f74d031072b1517065ce28a22346791ffb6%40%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E(cve@mitre.org)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfd3646bb724b66b1a9ddef69e692da2b7a727a8799551c78eedf0a0f%40%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E(cve@mitre.org)
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Nov/40(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94247(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/tika/CHANGES-1.14.txt(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/91eb639ef619b9a26b40020ca6732e7dbe457f7322ed5f1df49e411a%40%3Cdev.nutch.apache.org%3E(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d2375da29d89e679abf5d845db76d6f798fdc6f7d44f2c788e8a0fb9%40%3Cuser.nutch.apache.org%3E(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e414754a6c57ce7194b731e211cd6b2cbb41f2c7000e3fb9c6b6ec78%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2f6f6c130b12b7332f323f74d031072b1517065ce28a22346791ffb6%40%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfd3646bb724b66b1a9ddef69e692da2b7a727a8799551c78eedf0a0f%40%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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