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Don't open that PDF!

Postby ScratchMonkey » Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:25 am

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-051A.html

http://www.informationweek.com/news/sec ... ction=News

An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by convincing a user to load a specially crafted Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file. Acrobat integrates with popular web browsers, and visiting a website is usually sufficient to cause Acrobat to load PDF content.


This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.


This looks like a good way to distribute a keylogger to WoW players, much like a Windows vulnerability in graphics rendering allowed someone uploading an infected screenshot to an addon site to spread a keylogger.
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