CVE-2019-19680 is a high-severity file-extension filtering vulnerability affecting unpatched versions of Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS/PoD) through 8.9.22 and 8.14.2. Attackers can bypass critical protection mechanisms, including extension and MIME type filtering, virus detection, and journaling, by sending malformed, non-RFC compliant multipart emails. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a high potential for impact (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.9.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:enterprise_protection:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
<= 8.14.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:enterprise_protection:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.