CVE-2019-18862
mediumpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.012 · 68 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · PoC
Likely / severe?
1.18% (68th) EPSS
CVSS 4.6 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
maidag in GNU Mailutils before 3.8 is installed setuid and allows local privilege escalation in the url mode.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.8
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–7.8
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-47703GNU Mailutils 3.7 - Privilege EscalationPoC · exploit_db
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (13)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/mailutils.git/tree/NEWScnnvd
- https://mailutils.org/Patchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18862cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155425/GNU-Mailutils-3.7-Privilege-Escalation.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158075/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202006-12.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-12cnnvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47703cnnvd
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155425/GNU-Mailutils-3.7-Privilege-Escalation.htmlenisa_euvd
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