Is CVE-2019-19783 actively exploited?

CVE-2019-19783 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-19783?

CVE-2019-19783 has a CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2019-19783?

Patch guidance is available from cyrus security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2019-19783.

CVE-2019-19783 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2019-19783?

8 products: cyrus imap, cyrus imap, cyrus imap, debian debian linux, debian debian linux, and 3 more.

Description

An issue was discovered in Cyrus IMAP before 2.5.15, 3.0.x before 3.0.13, and 3.1.x through 3.1.8. If sieve script uploading is allowed (3.x) or certain non-default sieve options are enabled (2.x), a user with a mail account on the service can use a sieve script containing a fileinto directive to create any mailbox with administrator privileges, because of folder mishandling in autosieve_createfolder() in imap/lmtp_sieve.c.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: low
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: high
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management

Metadata

Primary Vendor: CYRUS
Published: 12/16/2019
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

cyrus : imapcyrus : imapcyrus : imapdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoracanonical : ubuntu_linux

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD