CVE-2019-19680 Information

Description

A file-extension filtering vulnerability in Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS / PoD) in the unpatched versions of PPS through 8.9.22 and 8.14.2 respectively allows attackers to bypass protection mechanisms (related to extensions MIME types virus detection and journal entries for transmitted files) by sending malformed (not RFC compliant) multipart email.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/cve-2019-19680

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8