CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-17448
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-08-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
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.
Affected configurations
• telegram telegram desktop (<= 2.1.13)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- https://github.com/VijayT007/Vulnerability-Database/blob/master/Telegram-CVE-2020-17448 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v2.2.0 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-34 Third Party Advisory
- https://telegram.org Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/VijayT007/Vulnerability-Database/blob/master/Telegram-CVE-2020-17448 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v2.2.0 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-34 Third Party Advisory
- https://telegram.org Vendor Advisory