CVE-2020-11880

MEDIUM EPSS 53.5%
Published Apr 17, 20206y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
6.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Apr 17, 2020 6y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

An issue was discovered in KDE KMail before 19.12.3. By using the proprietary (non-RFC6068) "mailto?attach=..." parameter, a website (or other source of mailto links) can make KMail attach local files to a composed email message without showing a warning to the user, as demonstrated by an attach=.bash_history value.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.5
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
2.5
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
53.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
kdekmail* <19.12.3

References 2

  • cgit.kde.org https://cgit.kde.org/kmail.git/commit/?id=2a348eccd352260f192d9b449492071bbf2b34b1
    PatchVendor Advisory
  • cgit.kde.org https://cgit.kde.org/kmail.git/tag/?h=v19.12.3
    Vendor Advisory

Remediation

  • cgit.kde.org https://cgit.kde.org/kmail.git/commit/?id=2a348eccd352260f192d9b449492071bbf2b34b1
    PatchVendor Advisory