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

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Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:59:33 +0800
From: "Eduardo Tongson" <propolice@...il.com>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: 0day: PDF pwns Windows

That exploits the JavaScript [1] and open URI [2] feature through the
Acrobat WebLink plug-in. Adobe put in JavaScript to PDF 1.3
specifications for Forms interaction. Opening up the calculator should
not be a feature [3].

[1] /JS ({app.alert\("evil javascript active!"\);}\r{app.alert\("Oh
wait! We aren\'t finished with you yet.."\);}\r)

[2] /URI (www.nthelp.com/evil_browse.htm)

[3] <http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-06-01-2007.html>

On 9/23/07, silky <michaelslists@...il.com> wrote:
> On 9/22/07, Geo. <geoincidents@....net> wrote:
> > > pa> http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/0day-pdf-pwns-windows
> > > Is this the way responsible disclosure works these days ?
> > > "Adobe?s representatives can contact me from the usual place."
> > >
> > > Wow, now that's coordinated release. Knowing the bugs that you found
> > > previously it should take 10 minutes to rediscover this one. Which
> > > makes this even worse.
> >
> > I just saw his video showing the exploit fireing up calculator, it looks
> > like the same stuff (feature/exploit call it what you want) that's been
> > around for years. See www.nthelp.com/test.pdf (warning, it won't damage
> > anything but it may scare you)
>
> ps, if anyone cares, this exploit does not work on foxit pdf reader v1.3.
>
> foxit rocks.
>
> so lets not call it a 'pdf' vuln, but a 'adobe acrobat' vuln.
>
>
>
>
> > Geo.
> >
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