Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-11879

Title: Gnome Evolution

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2020-11879.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Apr 17, 2020

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.5 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.68%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-11879: 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.

Impacted Vendors

ximian 1

gnome 1

evolution 1

Reference Links

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

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-11879 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

November 21, 2024 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 17, 2020 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.