GNU Mailutils up to 3.7 maidag privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in GNU Mailutils up to 3.7. Impacted is an unknown function of the component maidag. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-18862. An attack has to be approached locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GNU Mailutils up to 3.7. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component maidag. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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

The weakness was shared 11/11/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-18862 since 11/11/2019. The attack needs to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The exploit is available at packetstormsecurity.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 3.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (47703). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mailutils 3.8

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11/11/2019 🔍
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11/12/2019 +1 days 🔍
12/26/2024 +1871 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: 155425
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-18862 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-18862
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-145304
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 11/12/2019 07:26
Updated: 12/26/2024 06:48
Changes: 11/12/2019 07:26 (37), 11/12/2019 07:31 (17), 02/11/2024 10:23 (5), 06/11/2024 04:01 (22), 12/26/2024 06:48 (3)
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