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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 11, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-18862

CVE-2019-18862

Description

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

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Affected products

4

GNU/Mailutils2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <3.8
- (no CPE)range: <3.8
GNU/Mailutilsdescription
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/mailutils&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 3.8-8.8

Patches

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