articles don’t mention mitigation methods.

what to disable in thunderbird to not be vulnerable to “obfuscated JavaScript file that is sent to the victim through emails in archive files.” and prevent that “The JavaScript file drops a self-copy at “C:\Users\<Username>” location with random names like “needlereportcreepy.bat”. The bat file is then executed”?

otoh you have stuff like FreeCAD or OpenSCAD completely free and usable AND you could modify it as you please.

Back then FOSS CAD was barely usable.