What is CVE-2020-11880?

CVE-2020-11880 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kde Kmail. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-04-17.

How severe is CVE-2020-11880?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Kde Kmail

CVE-2020-11880

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.

EPSS: 0.009 (54.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Kde Kmail
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-11880?: CVE-2020-11880 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kde Kmail. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-04-17.
How severe is CVE-2020-11880?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.