| 'Highly critical' flaw found in Photoshop |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Friday, 27 April 2007 | |
  
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Marsu has posted a sample exploit that runs Windows' calculator program when the specially-crafted image file is opened in Photoshop. Given that there's a common codebase for the Mac and Windows versions of Photoshop, it is likely that the flaw could be exploited on both platforms. It is also possible that Photoshop's routines for handling other types of files have similar flaws. Now-patched flaws in both Windows and Apple's QuickTime allowed exploits to be hidden in JPEG, GIF and bitmap files, among others. Furthermore, other Adobe applications may use the same routines as Photoshop. Until Adobe issues a patch, the recommendation is that users avoid opening bitmap files of uncertain parentage in Photoshop.{moscomment} |
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