CVE-2018-19518
HIGHEPSS 100th pctlDescription
University of Washington IMAP Toolkit 2007f on UNIX, as used in imap_open() in PHP and other products, launches an rsh command (by means of the imap_rimap function in c-client/imap4r1.c and the tcp_aopen function in osdep/unix/tcp_unix.c) without preventing argument injection, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands if the IMAP server name is untrusted input (e.g., entered by a user of a web application) and if rsh has been replaced by a program with different argument semantics. For example, if rsh is a link to ssh (as seen on Debian and Ubuntu systems), then the attack can use an IMAP server name containing a "-oProxyCommand" argument.
How to fix
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CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.
References
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2016-10033 | Critical | 9.8 | 100% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2022-36804 | High | 8.8 | 99% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2026-24061 | Critical | 9.8 | 98% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2007-0882 | High | 10.0 | 98% | - | - |
| CVE-2018-17456 | Critical | 9.8 | 97% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2021-33564 | Critical | 9.8 | 72% | - | Fix |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2018-19518?
Published advisories record a fix for 5 affected products. The "How to fix" section on this page lists the fixed version and source advisory for each one, so apply the entry matching what you actually run.
Is CVE-2018-19518 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2018-19518 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 95.2% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2018-19518?
CVE-2018-19518 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2018-19518 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for uw-imap (Debian), libc-client2007e (Ubuntu), mlock (Ubuntu), uw-imap (Ubuntu), and 1 more. Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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