Tabula PDF table extraction utility generated an alert from Malwarebytes

[smoore33]

Yesterday I installed software called "Tabula" for extracting table information from PDF files (https://tabula.technology/ and https://github.com/tabulapdf/tabula). I did not authorize Java Platform SE binary to communicate on my network in Windows Defender Firewall. Tabula worked when I tested it yesterday. Today I got the Malwarebytes notification shown below. Can anyone provide any further information, specifically: 1) Does this software have a negative or positive malware reputation? 2) How worried should I be about the Malwarebytes notification? Thanks.

 

-Log Details-

Protection Event Date: 12/22/23

Protection Event Time: 3:48 PM

Log File: 97dec2de-a124-11ee-a402-18dbf219348f.json

 

-Software Information-

Version: 4.6.6.294

Components Version: 1.0.2201

Update Package Version: 1.0.78737

License: Premium

 

-System Information-

OS: Windows 10 (Build 19045.3803)

CPU: x64

File System: NTFS

User: System

 

-Exploit Details-

File: 0

(No malicious items detected)

 

Exploit: 1

Exploit.PayloadProcessBlock, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe \c echo %windir%, Blocked, 701, 392684, 0.0.0, ,

 

-Exploit Data-

Affected Application: Java

Protection Layer: Application Behavior Protection

Protection Technique: Exploit payload process blocked

File Name: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe \c echo %windir%

URL:

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[Porthos]

Please apply the defaults in the advanced section of the exploit protection. See if that corrects the issue.

I doubt there is anything malicious about the program. Exploit protection does not like the use of the CMD function.