VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-18862
maidag in GNU Mailutils before 3.8 is installed setuid and allows local privilege escalation in the url mode.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.14%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
maidag in GNU Mailutils before 3.8 is installed setuid and allows local privilege escalation in the url mode.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.14% probability · 65th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnu/mailutils
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155425/GNU-Mailutils-3.7-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/mailutils.git/tree/NEWSVendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-12
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155425/GNU-Mailutils-3.7-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/mailutils.git/tree/NEWSVendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-12
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.