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CVE-2019-18862

Published: Nov 11, 2019 | Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18862
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

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

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
MailutilsGnu*3.8 (excluding)
MailutilsUbuntubionic*
MailutilsUbuntudevel*
MailutilsUbuntudisco*
MailutilsUbuntueoan*
MailutilsUbuntuesm-apps-legacy/xenial*
MailutilsUbuntuesm-apps/bionic*
MailutilsUbuntuesm-apps/focal*
MailutilsUbuntuesm-apps/jammy*
MailutilsUbuntuesm-apps/noble*
MailutilsUbuntuesm-apps/resolute*
MailutilsUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
MailutilsUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
MailutilsUbuntufocal*
MailutilsUbuntugroovy*
MailutilsUbuntuhirsute*
MailutilsUbuntuimpish*
MailutilsUbuntujammy*
MailutilsUbuntukinetic*
MailutilsUbuntulunar*
MailutilsUbuntumantic*
MailutilsUbuntunoble*
MailutilsUbuntuoracular*
MailutilsUbuntuplucky*
MailutilsUbuntuquesting*
MailutilsUbunturesolute*
MailutilsUbuntustonking*
MailutilsUbuntutrusty*
MailutilsUbuntutrusty/esm*
MailutilsUbuntuxenial*

References

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