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PDF drive-by exploit
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Funny, at the moment the top several threads deal with various Adobe issues...
Anyway, over the past year or two there have been a few PDF vulnerabilities which have apparently been fixed with Adobe Reader 9.0
I was browsing a site the other day and all of a sudden the page loaded the Adobe Reader plugin in Safari and started to load a PDF. The PDF appeared to be blank.
I have the url, is there a place that I can submit it AND find out what it was doing and if I was actually attacked?
I know that posts about Mac hacks/viruses tend to get dismissed or mocked, but if there is any thing I can do to figure out what was going on I would be appreciative.
This was on 10.4.11 PPC with Safari 3.2.1 and Adobe Reader 9.0
Everything is fully patched as far as I can tell.
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I just googled a bit and couldn't find anything about PDF exploits for OS X.
Does anyone have some links about real exploits happening in the wild ?
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The Adobe security advisories (scroll down a bit for Adobe Reader OS X) all mention MacOS X as potentially vulnerable.
It does seem like I should be alright since I am using version 9.0, although I would be interested in identifying the specific exploit which was attempted.
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Can someone explain to me why anyone would use adobe reader any more?
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Originally Posted by AKcrab 
Can someone explain to me why anyone would use adobe reader any more?
Dunno. I certainly haven't used it in ages.
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Originally Posted by AKcrab
Can someone explain to me why anyone would use adobe reader any more?
Some of us need to be able to use and support more than the PDF 1.5 spec (it is currently PDF 1.9 iirc) and Preview is a long way behind the curve in this regard, even in Leopard. E.g. embedded 3D, films or slideshows are not supported by Preview. Also, Preview has many problems with the display of PDF mark-up so, alas, Adobe Reader is still very much required.
It is worth saying that version 9.0 or Reader is a huge improvement over prior ones on OS X, so using Reader isn't anywhere near as bad as it used to be.
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Originally Posted by JKT
E.g. embedded 3D, films or slideshows
It's that kind of stupid crap that makes me *not* support Adobe Acrobar Reader.
Who the heck needs 3D, films or slideshows in PDFs ?
There are much better formats to be used for that purpose.
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Originally Posted by turtle777
It's that kind of stupid crap that makes me *not* support Adobe Acrobar Reader.
Who the heck needs 3D, films or slideshows in PDFs ?
There are much better formats to be used for that purpose.
Academics do and, no, it isn't just stupid crap that it is being used for. The information can be delivered in other formats but none is as convenient or universal or as easy to create and use.
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