CVE-2019-18862 Information

Description

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

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8