ALT-PU-2020-1483-1
Closed vulnerabilities
Published: 2020-04-17
Modified: 2024-11-21
Modified: 2024-11-21
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.
Severity: MEDIUM (6.5)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References:
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/blob/master/NEWS
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/issues/784
- https://www.nds.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/media/nds/veroeffentlichungen/2020/08/15/mailto-paper.pdf
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/blob/master/NEWS
- https://www.nds.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/media/nds/veroeffentlichungen/2020/08/15/mailto-paper.pdf
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/issues/784