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CVE-2019-18862

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-11-11 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

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

Affected products

• GNU Mailutils: before 3.8 — fixed in 3.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GNU Mailutils 3.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155425/GNU-Mailutils-3.7-Privilege-Escalation.html
• https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/mailutils.git/tree/NEWS
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-12
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155425/GNU-Mailutils-3.7-Privilege-Escalation.html
• https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/mailutils.git/tree/NEWS
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-12

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