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kudos:4 | said by trparky:It works via Firefox because Firefox is loading the Acrobat DLL into itself to display the PDF and since the PDF was crafted to exploit Acrobat... well you get the idea.
I get it! Another clue is that it is the Acrobat Reader that is connecting out for the malware, and not Firefox - as indicated in my screenshot of the firewall alert.
said by tux789 :
this question is valid for Linux, too
Thanks - glad to know that.
said by onDvine:When a user has more than one of the four protections in place that cause the exploit to fail there's no compelling reason to update, is there?
That's how I see it - I've got all four protections in place. I've been using version 6 for years with all of the unnecessary plugins removed! A good solution if all you want is just the basic Reader.
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