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CVE-2019-19680

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 13, 2020 at 08:06 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:27 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEnterprise Protection

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

A file-extension filtering vulnerability in Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS / PoD), in the unpatched versions of PPS through 8.9.22 and 8.14.2 respectively, allows attackers to bypass protection mechanisms (related to extensions, MIME types, virus detection, and journal entries for transmitted files) by sending malformed (not RFC compliant) multipart email.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Enterprise Protection· Proofpoint
95%
v ≤ 8.14.2v ≤ 8.9.22

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/cve-2019-19680
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2020-0001

CVSS

8.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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