CVE-2020-11879

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/blob/master/NEWSThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/issues/784Third Party Advisory
https://www.nds.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/media/nds/veroeffentlichungen/2020/08/15/mailto-paper.pdfThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/blob/master/NEWSThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/issues/784Third Party Advisory
https://www.nds.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/media/nds/veroeffentlichungen/2020/08/15/mailto-paper.pdfThird Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 17, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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