ubuntu-cve-2019-18862
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-11-11 16:15
Modified
2026-05-20 14:51
Summary
Details
maidag in GNU Mailutils before 3.8 is installed setuid and allows local privilege escalation in the url mode.
Severity
7.8 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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"aliases": [],
"details": "maidag in GNU Mailutils before 3.8 is installed setuid and allows local privilege escalation in the url mode.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-18862",
"modified": "2026-05-20T14:51:39Z",
"published": "2019-11-11T16:15:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-18862"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/mailutils.git/tree/NEWS"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18862"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "low",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2019-18862"
]
}
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