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jasonhansel
on Sept 13, 2021
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Why is it that iOS's PDF implementation has been the source of so many different exploits? This seems to be a pattern.
mr_toad
on Sept 14, 2021
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Adobe Reader/Acrobat used to be go-to surface for exploits back in the day. It’s a huge specification.
thinkharderdev
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PDF is basically a programming language, so instead of sending image data you send a program which is interpreted by the PDF reader to render an image on the client. That makes it really hard to secure completely.
_haoa
on Sept 13, 2021
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It's not just iOS. PDFs have always been an insecure attack vector.
madeofpalk
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PDFs are hard and complicated?
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