CVE-2020-17448 — Vulnetix

CVE-2020-17448 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.22% · 44.6th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.22%

44.6th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	telegram-desktop	1.2.6-2build2, 1.1.23-1, 1.1.23-1build1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS	telegram-desktop	1.8.8-1, 1.8.15-2, 1.9.8~slim-1

Exploit Intelligence

https://telegram.org (circl)
https://github.com/VijayT007/Vulnerability-Database/blob/master/Telegram-CVE-2020-17448 (circl)
https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v2.2.0 (circl)
GLSA-202101-34 (circl)

Timeline

Aug 11, 2020 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
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Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
May 1, 2022 EPSS Score
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Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-17448 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-17448 third-party-advisory

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