cve/2019/CVE-2019-18862.md

### [CVE-2019-18862](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-18862)
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### Description

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

### POC

#### Reference
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155425/GNU-Mailutils-3.7-Privilege-Escalation.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/0xprashant/offshore-notes
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/bcoles/local-exploits