[tor-talk] Thunderbird leak

[Andrew F]

YIKES... Are you sure, how did this slip by?



On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Mike Cardwell <tor at lists.grepular.com>wrote:

> I just blogged about a general security issue in Thunderbird which may
> also affect people who are using Tor:
>
> https://grepular.com/Security_Bug_Thunderbird_Websites_Tabs
>
> Basically, an email can be crafted such that when you click a link in
> that email it is opened within a Thunderbird tab instead of in your
> usual (potentially torified) web browser. Bypassing any other defenses
> you might also have, including NoScript etc.
>
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