Apache UIMA up to 3.3.0 PEAR Management FileUtil path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in Apache UIMA up to 3.3.0. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects the function FileUtil of the component PEAR Management. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-32287. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Apache UIMA up to 3.3.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function FileUtil of the component PEAR Management. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A relative path traversal vulnerability in a FileUtil class used by the PEAR management component of Apache UIMA allows an attacker to create files outside the designated target directory using carefully crafted ZIP entry names. This issue affects Apache UIMA Apache UIMA version 3.3.0 and prior versions. Note that PEAR files should never be installed into an UIMA installation from untrusted sources because PEAR archives are executable plugins that will be able to perform any actions with the same privileges as the host Java Virtual Machine.

The weakness was released 11/03/2022. The advisory is shared for download at lists.apache.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-32287 since 06/03/2022. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 05/03/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Apache

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• UIMA

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• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3.0

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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