CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-11879

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.

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

6.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/issues/784 Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/blob/master/NEWS Third Party Advisory
https://www.nds.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/media/nds/veroeffentlichungen/2020/08/15/mailto-paper.pdf Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-04-17 06:15

Updated : 2020-09-04 03:00

NVD link : CVE-2020-11879

Mitre link : CVE-2020-11879

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other