CVE-2020-11879

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnome
Status
Evolution
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 April 2020

Summary

An issue was discovered in GNOME Evolution before 3.35.91. By using the proprietary (non-RFC6068) "mailto?attach=..." parameter, a website (or other source of mailto links) can make Evolution attach local files or directories to a composed email message without showing a warning to the user, as demonstrated by an attach=. value.

References

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/issues/784
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https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/blob/master/NEWS
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https://www.nds.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/media/nds/veroeffentli...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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