Some email clients are vulnerable to attacks via 'mailto' linksGNOME Evolution, KDE KMail, IBM/HCL Notes, and older versions of Thunderbird found to be vulnerable.
A lesser-known technology known as "mailto" links can be abused to launch attacks on the users of email desktop clients.
The new attacks can be used to secretly steal local files and have them emailed as attachments to attackers, according to a research paper published last week by academics from two German universities.
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