Re: [Full-disclosure] 0day: PDF pwns Windows

["pdp (architect)" <pdp.gnucitizen () googlemail com>]

back online - too many users ..

On 9/21/07, Rohit Srivastwa <rsrivastwa () yahoo com> wrote:
> And your website is down at this moment
>
> http://www.gnucitizen.org/   403
> http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/   403
> http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/0day-pdf-pwns-windows 404
>
> Is it a reverse attack by someone hurt :)
>
> --Through the Firewall,Out the Router,Down the T1,Across the Backbone,Bounced from Satellite ---- Nothing but the 
> Internet
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: pdp (architect) <pdp.gnucitizen () googlemail com>
> To: bugtraq () securityfocus com; full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 6:51:33 PM
> Subject: [Full-disclosure] 0day: PDF pwns Windows
>
> 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
>
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> pdp (architect) | petko d. petkov
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