full-disclosure - Re: 0day: PDF pwns Windows

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Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:29:22 -0500 (CDT)
From: Gadi Evron <ge@...uxbox.org>
To: "pdp (architect)" <pdp.gnucitizen@...glemail.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: 0day: PDF pwns Windows

Impressive vulnerability, new. Not a 0day.

Not to start an argument again, but fact is, people stop calling 
everything a 0day unless it is, say WMF, ANI, etc. exploited in the wild 
without being known.

I don't like the mis-use of this buzzword.

 	Gadi.


On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, pdp (architect) wrote:

> http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/0day-pdf-pwns-windows
>
> I am closing the season with the following HIGH Risk vulnerability:
> Adobe Acrobat/Reader PDF documents can be used to compromise your
> Windows box. Completely!!! Invisibly and unwillingly!!! All it takes
> is to open a PDF document or stumble across a page which embeds one.
>
> The issue is quite critical given the fact that PDF documents are in
> the core of today's modern business. This and the fact that it may
> take a while for Adobe to fix their closed source product, are the
> reasons why I am not going to publish any POCs. You have to take my
> word for it. The POCs will be released when an update is available.
>
> Adobe's representatives can contact me from the usual place. My advise
> for you is not to open any PDF files (locally or remotely). Other PDF
> viewers might be vulnerable too. The issues was verified on Windows XP
> SP2 with the latest Adobe Reader 8.1, although previous versions and
> other setups are also affected.
>
> A formal summary and conclusion of the GNUCITIZEN bug hunt to be expected soon.
>
> cheers
>
> -- 
> pdp (architect) | petko d. petkov
> http://www.gnucitizen.org
>

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