cve/2016/CVE-2016-7967.md

### [CVE-2016-7967](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7967)
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### Description

KMail since version 5.3.0 used a QWebEngine based viewer that had JavaScript enabled. Since the generated html is executed in the local file security context by default access to remote and local URLs was enabled.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/1

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.