Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-17448

Title: Telegram Telegram Desktop Broken Access Control

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2020-17448.

CWE Category CWE-863
Published Date Aug 11, 2020
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.28%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-17448: Telegram Desktop through 2.1.13 allows a spoofed file type to bypass the Dangerous File Type Execution protection mechanism, as demonstrated by use of the chat window with a filename that lacks an extension.

Impacted Vendors

T
telegram_desktop 1
T
telegram 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/VijayT007/Vulnerability-Database/blob/master/Telegram-CVE-2020-17448 https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v2.2.0 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-34 https://telegram.org https://github.com/VijayT007/Vulnerability-Database/blob/master/Telegram-CVE-2020-17448 https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v2.2.0 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-34 https://telegram.org
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-17448 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.