Privilege escalation in Mutt - CVE-2018-14356
Published: July 18, 2018 / Updated: July 23, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13970
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14356
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mutt.org
Affected software:
Mutt
Mutt
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of a zero-length unique identifier (UID) by the pop.c code. A local attacker can manipulate the UID value assigned to an email message and cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-14356
Update to version 1.10.1.