CVE-2020-17448 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2020-08-11

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:telegram:telegram_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-9400	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00219.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/VijayT007/Vulnerability-Database/blob/master/Telegram-CVE-2020-17448
https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v2.2.0
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-34
https://telegram.org

History

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Subscriptions

Telegram Telegram Desktop

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-08-11T16:02:42.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:53:17.527Z

Reserved: 2020-08-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-17448

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-08-11T17:15:12.017

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:08:08.143

Link: CVE-2020-17448

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-863

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