{"id":"CVE-2019-19680","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-19680","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:26:05.243Z","title":"A file-extension filtering vulnerability in Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS / PoD), in the unpatched versions of PPS through 8.9.22 and 8.14.2 respectively, allows attackers to bypass protection mechanisms (related to extensions, MIME types, virus…","description":"A file-extension filtering vulnerability in Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS / PoD), in the unpatched versions of PPS through 8.9.22 and 8.14.2 respectively, allows attackers to bypass protection mechanisms (related to extensions, MIME types, virus detection, and journal entries for transmitted files) by sending malformed (not RFC compliant) multipart email.","published":"2020-01-13T21:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:27:03.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["proofpoint/enterprise protection"],"epss":{"score":0.01053,"percentile":0.64135,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.05%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/cve-2019-19680","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2020-0001","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/cve-2019-19680","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2020-0001","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19680","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}