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Slightly off-topic: from a security perspective, how safe/not safe is it to be clicking open random pdf's? Wouldn't this be a possible avenue for malware?
by rando171717 7y ago
Slightly off-topic: from a security perspective, how safe/not safe is it to be clicking open random pdf's? Wouldn't this be a possible avenue for malware?
- dual_basis 7y agoSure, but so is clicking open websites unless you have Javascript disabled, in which case half the web is broken for you.
- syn0byte 7y agohttps://github.com/osnr/horrifying-pdf-experiments https://github.com/osnr/horrifying-pdf-experiments https://www.alchemistowl.org/pocorgtfo/ https://www.alchemistowl.org/pocorgtfo/ Yes. Not only is it possible but historically already an avenue of attack.