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CVE-2019-18862 Details

Description

maidag in GNU Mailutils before 3.8 is installed setuid and allows local privilege escalation in the url mode.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155425/GNU-Mailutils-3.7-Privilege-Escalation.html CVE
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/mailutils.git/tree/NEWS CVEVendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-12 CVE
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155425/GNU-Mailutils-3.7-Privilege-Escalation.html [email protected]
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/mailutils.git/tree/NEWS [email protected]Vendor Advisory

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gnu mailutils
< 3.8

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2019-18862
NVD Published Date:
Nov 11, 2019
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]