{
    "id": "CVE-2019-18862",
    "published": "2019-11-11 16:15:12",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 02:25:29",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "maidag in GNU Mailutils before 3.8 is installed setuid and allows local privilege escalation in the url mode.",
    "epss_score": "0.01180",
    "epss_percentile": "0.66839",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-12 18:17:21",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "gnu",
            "product": "mailutils"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "47703",
            "title": "GNU Mailutils 3.7 - Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2019-11-21",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47703"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}