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S/MIME Processing could trigger automatic HTTP request in Outlook and others

April 8, 2008

An attacker sending a specially crafted (signed) email could make you automatically load a page upon receiving it, at least this seems to be the case with Outlook and some other Office applications, according to this paper by Alexander Klink.

He also provides a proof of concept, send a blank email to smime-http@klink.name and you will receive an example email demonstrating this vulnerability.