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CVE-2020-11880 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://cgit.kde.org/kmail.git/commit/?id=2a348eccd352260f192d9b449492071bbf2b34b1	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://cgit.kde.org/kmail.git/tag/?h=v19.12.3	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://cgit.kde.org/kmail.git/commit/?id=2a348eccd352260f192d9b449492071bbf2b34b1	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://cgit.kde.org/kmail.git/tag/?h=v19.12.3	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
kde kmail	< 19.12.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:kde:kmail:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2020	Initial Analysis	[email protected]