CVE-2020-27748

xdg-utils: local file inclusion vulnerability

Published Jun 1, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
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 to a new email. If a victim user does not notice that an attachment was added and sends the email, this could result in sensitive information disclosure. It has been confirmed that the code behind this issue is in xdg-email and not in Thunderbird.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-20252 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 to a new email. If a victim user does not notice that an attachment was added and sends the email, this could result in sensitive information disclosure. It has been confirmed that the code behind this issue is in xdg-email and not in Thunderbird.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4649-1 xdg-utils vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 4:18 PM
Reserved
Oct 27, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 1, 2021, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:09 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 5, 2020, 12:00 AM