medium6.5
CVE-2020-11879
An issue was discovered in GNOME Evolution before 3.35.91.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnome | Evolution | before 3.35.91 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- 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