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Message-ID: <dabehr$3i6$1@sea.gmane.org> Date: Mon Jul 4 14:46:33 2005 From: davek_throwaway at hotmail.com (Dave Korn) Subject: Re: odd Adobe Acrobat thing... ----Original Message---- >From: Morning Wood >Message-Id: BAY10-DAV15FB4ABD3CF6D1FADB80DED9E70@....gbl > i noticed... > > simply rolling over a *.pdf on your desktop launches... > C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\AcroRd32Info.exe Probably only if you have that godawful webview of folders switched on and it's trying to render a little thumbnail to put at the bottom of the html column on the left-hand-side, no? I'm still on Acrobat 6.0 and it doesn't do that, at least the way I have it configured. Adobe have probably implemented whatever COM interface it is that renders a thumbnail for explorer in their shell extension between v6 and v7. > im guessing Explorer is doing some odd things ( preloading on a rollover ) > ..reminds me of the jpg GDI exploit. i imagine if AcroRd32Info.exe is > exploitable you could craft a bad .pdf with data to overflow that exe. ( a > simple rollover would start the sploit ) Yep, it's the exact same problem. 'doze is basically launching a viewer application (ok, COM server) whenever you mouse over various types. This is as bad an idea as the option to make-things-seem-more-like-the-web automatically launch files when you click on them once instead of twice, or one-touch record on tape decks, or fire alarms with the glass pre-smashed, or any other vital fool-proof safety measure that someone removed because it was 'inconvenient' :-( cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today....
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