Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-11879 - Unspecified vulnerability in Gnome Evolution

047910
CVSS 6.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
gnome
NVD
Published: 2020-04-17
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Gnome
442

References