CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-11879

Published: Apr 17, 2020 | Modified: Sep 04, 2020
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Evolution Gnome * 3.35.91 (excluding)
Evolution Ubuntu bionic *
Evolution Ubuntu eoan *
Evolution Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Evolution Ubuntu esm-apps/focal *
Evolution Ubuntu esm-apps/jammy *
Evolution Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Evolution Ubuntu focal *
Evolution Ubuntu groovy *
Evolution Ubuntu hirsute *
Evolution Ubuntu impish *
Evolution Ubuntu jammy *
Evolution Ubuntu kinetic *
Evolution Ubuntu trusty *
Evolution Ubuntu upstream *
Evolution Ubuntu xenial *

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