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Multiple browsers Windows mailto protocol Office 2003 file attachment exploit: Application protocols handling in Microsoft Windows is badly designed, i.e. when someone types mailto:someone@somewhere.com into a browser the protocol is first looked up under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\%protocol%\shell\open\command, if it is a protocol that is allowed under the current user context then the value is simply replaced by the contents in the address bar at %1.

Multiple browsers Windows mailto protocol Office 2003 file attachment exploit: Application protocols handling in Microsoft Windows is badly designed, i.e. when someone types mailto:someone@somewhere.com into a browser the protocol is first looked up under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\%protocol%\shell\open\command, if it is a protocol that is allowed under the current user context then the value is simply replaced by the contents in the address bar at %1.