Vulnerability in GNU Mailutils

CVE-2019-18862

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

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.4th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-18862: held from 0.011 to 0.012.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.012 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-18862?
CVE-2019-18862 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNU Mailutils. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-11-11.
How severe is CVE-2019-18862?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-18862 known to be exploited?
4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.