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Expanding the Attack Surface

Billy (BK) Rios » Expanding the Attack Surface

Switching browsers during an unpatched IE bug does not isolate users. A PDF opened in Firefox is rendered by Adobe Reader, and one line of Reader JavaScript calling app.launchURL() hands a chosen URL to the system default browser, bouncing the victim into Internet Explorer. Safari and Opera behave the same way.

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Billy (BK) Rios » Expanding the Attack Surface
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