This has been known for a long while. I'm not sure the purpose - probably just for fun, but as an attack vector without 0day in pdf for example, to me at least

This has been known for a long while. I'm not sure the purpose - probably just for fun, but as an attack vector without 0day in pdf for example, to me at least it wouldn't be too effective. I've always been fascinated thought and been playing around with images with executable inside that could be triggered through the browser that you're on, I have played with a personal chromium build that it 'kind of' happens, but i digress. Interesting article - I just don't see a patch coming for it anytime soon.