Improper input validation in SpamAssassin - CVE-2018-11780
Published: December 5, 2018 / Updated: December 6, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16310
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11780
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
SpamAssassin
SpamAssassin
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a remote code execution bug in the PDFInfo plug-in when handling malicious input. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted email message and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11780
Update to version 3.4.2.