CVE Catalog

CVE-2020-27748

Medium
Published: —Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A flaw was found in the xdg-email component of xdg-utils 1.1.0-rc1 and newer. When handling mailto: URIs, xdg-email allows attachments to be discreetly added via the URI when passed to Thunderbird, potentially automatically attaching a victim's sensitive file.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could send a victim a crafted URI that automatically attaches a confidential file to an email, leading to data leakage.

Recommendation

Update xdg-utils to a patched version or restrict trust in mailto: URIs passed to the mail client.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

A flaw was found in the xdg-email component of xdg-utils-1.1.0-rc1 and newer. When handling mailto: URIs, xdg-email allows attachments to be discreetly added via the URI when being passed to Thunderbird. An attacker could potentially send a victim a URI that automatically attaches a sensitive file t

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS