CVE-2019-18862
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.55%
Description
maidag in GNU Mailutils before 3.8 is installed setuid and allows local privilege escalation in the url mode.
How to fix CVE-2019-18862
To remediate CVE-2019-18862, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/mailutils—upgrade to 1:3.8-1 or later
Is CVE-2019-18862 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:3.8-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |