ubuntu-cve-2020-11879
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-04-17 18:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:39
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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      },
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            }
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11879",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:39:22Z",
  "published": "2020-04-17T18:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11879"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/issues/784"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/commit/6489f20d6905cc797e2b2581c415e558c457caa7"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/blob/master/NEWS"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11879"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2020-11879"
  ]
}



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