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high 7.8

CVE-2019-18862 json

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

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-8557

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • gnu mailutils 3.8
  • mailutils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:3.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-18862

  • mailutils openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.8-8.8

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11035-1

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-47703)

Exploit prediction

1.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-47703 GNU Mailutils 3.7 - Privilege Escalation local, 2019-11-21

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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