Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-17448 - Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Telegram Desktop
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Telegram Desktop through 2.1.13 allows a spoofed file type to bypass the Dangerous File Type Execution protection mechanism, as demonstrated by use of the chat window with a filename that lacks an extension.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v2.2.0
- https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v2.2.0
- https://github.com/VijayT007/Vulnerability-Database/blob/master/Telegram-CVE-2020-17448
- https://github.com/VijayT007/Vulnerability-Database/blob/master/Telegram-CVE-2020-17448
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-34
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-34
- https://telegram.org
- https://telegram.org