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Hacker Finds Multiple PDF Backdoors
Gungadin writes "Eweek.com has a story about a British security researcher figuring out a way to manipulate legitimate features in Adobe PDF files to open backdoors for computer attacks. David Kierznowski, a penetration testing expert specializing in Web application testing, has released proof-of-concept code and two sample PDF files to demonstrate how the Adobe Reader program can be rigged to launch Web-based attacks without any user action. He claims there are least seven different ways to backdoor a PDF."
Huh huh, penetration.
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Who started giving this title?
"It ain't a war against drugs.it's a war against personal freedom" --Bill Hicks
He claims there are least seven different ways to backdoor a PDF.
I've seen quite a bit of pr0n. There's way more than seven ways.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
Sources claim the exploits would have been found sooner if any other hackers had the patience to wait for PDFs to load.
that's assuming that by "PDF", he means "Pretty Drunk Female"....
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
David Kierznowski, a penetration testing expert I wish I was a penetration test expert!
Did you file a bug to let them know they didn't support the exploit? This is free software, they should get right on it.
Hmm, Linux just isn't ready for the desktop yet.
Excuse me, but please get off my Pennisetum Clandestinum, eh!
future mother-in-law: so, what do you do?
guy: i'm a penetration tester.
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Even faster !