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CVE-2020-11879

MEDIUM

6.5

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.5

SeverityMEDIUM

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published4/17/2020

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

gnome:evolution

References

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/blob/master/NEWS(cve@mitre.org)

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/issues/784(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.nds.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/media/nds/veroeffentlichungen/2020/08/15/mailto-paper.pdf(cve@mitre.org)

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/blob/master/NEWS(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/issues/784(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.nds.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/media/nds/veroeffentlichungen/2020/08/15/mailto-paper.pdf(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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