| Publisher | Black Hat | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Format | 210.5KB PDF | Date added | 24 Feb 2008 |
| Topics | Network Security, Security Management, Spyware | ||
| Downloads | 0 | ||
Adobe Portable Document Format has become the most widespread and used document description format throughout the world. It is also a true programming language of its own, strongly dedicated to document creation and manipulation which has accumulated a lot of powerful programming features from version to version. Until now, no real, exploratory security analysis of the PDF and of its programming power with respect to malware attacks has been conducted. Only a very few cases of attacks are known, which exploit vulnerabilities in the management of external programming languages (Javacript, VBS). This paper presents an in-depth security analysis of the PDF programming features and capabilities, independently from any vulnerability.
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