Vulnerability CVE-2020-17448
Published: 2020-08-11

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.

Type:

CWE-863

 (Incorrect Authorization)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Telegram -> Telegram desktop 

 References:
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
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