CVE-2020-17448 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v2.2.0 https://github.com/VijayT007/Vulnerability-Database/blob/master/Telegram-CVE-2020-17448 https://telegram.org

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8