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“An attacker can modify victim’s Mail configuration including mail redirects which enables takeover of victim’s other accounts via password resets.”

Mikko Kenttälämikko-kenttala.medium.com ↗

Mail unzips attachments the moment they arrive, before you read anything. A leftover symlink in a shared temp folder hands the attacker write access to your whole Mail directory. Add a forwarding rule and every password reset goes to them. Apple fixed it in July 2020 and nobody heard about it until now.