File-extension filtering vulnerability in Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS / PoD) allows bypassing of protection mechanisms through malformed multipart email

File-extension filtering vulnerability in Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS / PoD) allows bypassing of protection mechanisms through malformed multipart email

CVE-2019-19680 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

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