Researchers break digital signatures for most desktop PDF viewers

Discussion in 'other security issues & news' started by Minimalist, Feb 25, 2019.

  1. Minimalist

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    If you need to view pdf files, use your browser, no reason to use a program
     
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    I wonder how browsers would perform in this tests and if their signature verification process is immune to those attacks.
     
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    Some less used features of PDF format are not supported by browser's built-in viewers.
     
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    Like?
     
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