When xdg-mail is configured to use thunderbird for mailto URLs, improper parsing of the URL can lead to additional headers being passed to thunderbird that should not be included per RFC 2368. An attacker can use this method to create a mailto URL that looks safe to users, but will actually attach files when clicked.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - xdg-utils: improper parse of mailto URIs allows bypass of Thunderbird security mechanism for attachments     (CVE-2022-4055)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The version of xdg-utils installed on the remote host is prior to 1.1.0-0.17.20120809git. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2002 advisory.

    A flaw was found in the xdg-email component of xdg-utils-1.1.0-rc1 and newer. When handling mailto: URIs,     xdg-email allows attachments to be discreetly added via the URI when being passed to Thunderbird. An     attacker could potentially send a victim a URI that automatically attaches a sensitive file to a new     email. If a victim user does not notice that an attachment was added and sends the email, this could     result in sensitive information disclosure. It has been confirmed that the code behind this issue is in     xdg-email and not in Thunderbird. (CVE-2020-27748)

    When xdg-mail is configured to use thunderbird for mailto URLs, improper parsing of the URL can lead to     additional headers being passed to thunderbird that should not be included per RFC 2368. An attacker can     use this method to create a mailto URL that looks safe to users, but will actually attach files when     clicked. (CVE-2022-4055)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-007 advisory.

    A flaw was found in the xdg-email component of xdg-utils-1.1.0-rc1 and newer. When handling mailto: URIs,     xdg-email allows attachments to be discreetly added via the URI when being passed to Thunderbird. An     attacker could potentially send a victim a URI that automatically attaches a sensitive file to a new     email. If a victim user does not notice that an attachment was added and sends the email, this could     result in sensitive information disclosure. It has been confirmed that the code behind this issue is in     xdg-email and not in Thunderbird. (CVE-2020-27748)

    When xdg-mail is configured to use thunderbird for mailto URLs, improper parsing of the URL can lead to     additional headers being passed to thunderbird that should not be included per RFC 2368. An attacker can     use this method to create a mailto URL that looks safe to users, but will actually attach files when     clicked. (CVE-2022-4055)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
199155	RHEL 9 : xdg-utils (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
173234	Amazon Linux 2 : xdg-utils (ALAS-2023-2002)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
173127	Amazon Linux 2023 : xdg-utils (ALAS2023-2023-007)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high

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