CVE-2020-17448

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
Telegram Desktop through 2.1.13 allows a spoofed file type to bypass the Dangerous File Type Execution protection mechanism, as demonstrated by use of the chat window with a filename that lacks an extension.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-17448
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-08-11T17:15:12
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-01-28T18:02:44
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-863 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/863.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:telegram:telegram_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.1.13
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v2.2.0 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://telegram.org Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/VijayT007/Vulnerability-Database/blob/master/Telegram-CVE-2020-17448 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-34 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17448
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-17448
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:25:43 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 20:47:44 2020-08-11T17:15Z 2020-08-11T17:15:12 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 20:47:44 2021-01-28T18:02:44 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 20:47:44 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated