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.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

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

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/blob/master/NEWS	Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/issues/784	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 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-04-17 18:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:27

NVD link : CVE-2020-11879

Mitre link : CVE-2020-11879

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-11879

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gnome

evolution

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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