CVE-2020-11879

EUVD-2020-4219
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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
6.5 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 53%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
gnomeevolution
𝑥
< 3.35.91
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
evolution
bookworm
3.46.4-2
fixed
bullseye
3.38.3-1+deb11u2
fixed
bullseye (security)
3.38.3-1+deb11u2
fixed
buster
no-dsa
jessie
no-dsa
sid
3.54.1-1
fixed
stretch
no-dsa
trixie
3.54.1-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
evolution
bionic
needed
eoan
ignored
focal
needed
groovy
ignored
hirsute
ignored
impish
ignored
jammy
needed
kinetic
ignored
lunar
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
noble
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
needed
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://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/issues/784
https://www.nds.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/media/nds/veroeffentlichungen/2020/08/15/mailto-paper.pdf