UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11880

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11880

    Published: 17 Apr 2020Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-11880

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11880, https://cgit.kde.org/kmail.git/commit/?id=2a348eccd352260f192d9b449492071bbf2b34b1, https://cgit.kde.org/kmail.git/tag/?h=v19.12.3, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11880, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7729-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7731-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kdepim

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/kdepim@4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.2+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.2+esm1

    Affected versions

    4:4.11.2-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.2-0ubuntu2
    4:4.11.80-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.95-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.97-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High