CVE-2020-11879
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 17, 2020 at 05:07 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:50 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEvolution
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/blob/master/NEWSx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/issues/784x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.nds.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/media/nds/veroeffentlichungen/2020/08/15/mailto-paper.pdfCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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