On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Rich C wrote:
> 3. Providing content that is guaranteed virus-free (as opposed to
> transmitting word processor documents.)
The security analyst in me feels a need to point out that it would be quite
possible for Adobe Acrobat Reader to have a buffer-overflow or similar bug
that could be exploited by a specially crafted PDF file. In fact, I would be
quite surprised if it did not have such bugs. I am less certain as to whether
or not anyone has found them -- yet.
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