{"id":1298,"date":"2010-01-05T10:16:35","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T18:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=1298"},"modified":"2016-02-12T09:58:26","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T17:58:26","slug":"new-attacks-against-pdf-flaw-found-in-the-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/new-attacks-against-pdf-flaw-found-in-the-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"New Attacks Against PDF Flaw Found in the Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/images\/acrobat.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>New attacks are being reported against a PDF vulnerability that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/zero-day-adobe-acrobat-and-reader-attacks-in-the-wild\/\">we reported on last month<\/a>. Hackers are using Javascript which contains shell code that is a mere 38 bytes long, and contains <a href=\"http:\/\/isc.sans.org\/diary.html?storyid=7867\">other subtle ways of working<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Granted, this is a Windows attack, and won&#8217;t affect Macs, but it shows that hackers have been busy finding ways to take advantage of a vulnerability that was widely publicized. In addition, since Adobe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/2009\/12\/19\/adobe-to-patch-pdf-flaw-on-january-12-why-so-long\/\">won&#8217;t be patching the flaw until January 12<\/a>, hackers had some spare time to try it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New attacks are being reported against a PDF vulnerability that we reported on last month. Hackers are using Javascript which contains shell code that is a mere 38 bytes long, and contains other subtle ways of working. 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