What is CVE-2015-3271?

CVE-2015-3271 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Tika, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-12-15.

How severe is CVE-2015-3271?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-3271 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in Apache Tika

CVE-2015-3271

Apache Tika server (aka tika-server) in Apache Tika 1.9 might allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the HTTP fileUrl header.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-12-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.065 (93.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.065 · newest: 0.065 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Tika — versions 1.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/13/5 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
lists.apache.org/thread.html/d2b3e7afb0251fac95fdee9817423cbc91e3d99a848c25a51d… (mailing-list)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95020 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-3271?: CVE-2015-3271 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Tika, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-12-15.
How severe is CVE-2015-3271?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-3271 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.