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CVE-2020-17448

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

2020-08-11T17:15:12.017

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:08:08.143

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-863

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	telegram	telegram_desktop	≤ 2.1.13	Yes

References

https://github.com/VijayT007/Vulnerability-Database/blob/master/Telegram-CVE-2020-17448 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v2.2.0 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-34 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://telegram.org Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/VijayT007/Vulnerability-Database/blob/master/Telegram-CVE-2020-17448 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v2.2.0 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-34 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://telegram.org Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)