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CVE-2019-18862

GNU Mailutils 3.7 - Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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

maidag en GNU Mailutils versiones anteriores 3.8, se instaló un setuid y permite una escalada de privilegios locales en el modo url.

GNU Mailutils versions 2.0 through 3.7 suffer from a local privilege escalation vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2019-11-11 CVE Reserved
  • 2019-11-11 CVE Published
  • 2019-11-21 First Exploit
  • 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
  • 2024-11-04 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Gnu
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 Mailutils
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 < 3.8
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Affected