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VIRTUALISATION PDF links may have a sting in the tail
VIRTUALISATION PDF links may have a sting in the tail | PDF links may have a sting in the tail |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Thursday, 04 January 2007 | |
  
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An exploit would involve persuading a user to click on a specially-formed URL that points to a legitimate PDF file but also contains JavaScript attack code. "Given that it is easy to exploit, I would expect that we will see this method used considerably in the coming days and weeks, until it is resolved," warned Lau. However, the problem seems to be specific to Firefox and can be avoided by changing settings so that PDF files are opened by the Acrobat Reader application rather than the plugin, Lau advised. Other defences include JavaScript filtering at the firewall.{moscomment} |
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