CRITICAL
spamassassin: Potential remote code execution vulnerability in PDFInfo plugin
Published Sep 17, 2018
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 10.82%
Description
A potential Remote Code Execution bug exists with the PDFInfo plugin in Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.2.
Affected products
-
- Version before 3.4.2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache SpamAssassin | n/a |
|
Configuration 1
OR
- < 3.4.2
- n/a
Configuration 2
OR
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 18.04
- 8.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
spamassassin
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
spamassassin
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
spamassassin
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
spamassassin
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | spamassassin | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | spamassassin | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | spamassassin | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | spamassassin | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
8.1 HIGH Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
10.82% 0.10820
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.10820
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (28 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 10.82% (0.10820) | 95.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.82% (0.10820) | 95.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 29, 2026 | 18.68% (0.18675) | 95.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 7.10% (0.07098) | 91.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 9.34% (0.09337) | 92.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 7.10% (0.07098) | 91.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 20.05% (0.20047) | 95.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 7.10% (0.07098) | 91.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 9.34% (0.09337) | 92.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 7.10% (0.07098) | 91.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 9.83% (0.09827) | 92.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 21.10% (0.21097) | 92.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 9.83% (0.09827) | 92.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 7.29% (0.07289) | 94.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.88% (0.02877) | 91.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 1, 2024 | 3.67% (0.03667) | 91.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 18, 2024 | 4.99% (0.04993) | 92.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 28, 2024 | 8.27% (0.08274) | 94.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 7.79% (0.07788) | 93.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 27, 2023 | 9.50% (0.09499) | 94.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 12.85% (0.12846) | 94.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 11, 2023 | 7.55% (0.07549) | 93.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 6.55% (0.06547) | 92.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.62% (0.05617) | 92.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.73% (0.06729) | 91.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.73% (0.06729) | 78.90th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 10.12% (0.10120) | 87.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 10.12% (0.10120) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (12)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105373 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11780 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1629532 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7f6a16bc0fd0fd5e67c7fd95bd655069a2ac7d1f88e42d3c853e601c%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00016.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/spamassassin-announce/201809.mbox/raw/%3Cc57c0f41-742c-3c3e-249c-ae2614bf0d7d%40apache.org%3E/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11780
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-07 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3811-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3811-3/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11780
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner apache
Published Sep 17, 2018
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Reserved Jun 5, 2018
Link CVE-2018-11780
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a