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    Foxit vulnerability

    For those of you who use the "Foxit" .pdf reader it has a vulnerability.

    http://secunia.com/advisories/29941/

    This is fixed in v2.3 build 2912 so keep your eye out for it

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    It was just 2 days ago i had it installed in my computer and i use to use it

    but i shifted to cute PDF writer


    Thanks for infromation
    Question is not "Why are you Online"
    Question is "Why are you Off line"

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    Hi Nihil! long time no speak and thanks for the info people using this need to be aware.

    is this vuln being actively exploited? Although a hole is a hole most hacking is a numbers game and this hardly seems worth the time of a decent hacker and according to the advisory this company has a record of patching holes quickly IMHO, but i've become pretty stu-pit lately.

    ill try and re-sign up at gov-sec and a few other sites and see if anyones done anything with it.
    Last edited by Ted0b1; May 29th, 2008 at 03:04 PM.

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    welcome back Ted. I see you didn't get the e-mail I sent? Seeing as how you registered a new account

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    thanks for the reply jp and maybe im really still pretty stupid but i dont see a reminder. ive just replied to you email

    ps your quote is all TOO close to home and all too true but very funny
    Last edited by Ted0b1; May 29th, 2008 at 06:28 PM.

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    Hi Ted0b1,

    They seem to have fixed it already:

    http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rea...own_reader.htm

    I haven't heard of anyone getting caught by it, but I know that several members use it rather than Adobe.

    I guess you would still have to go to a malicious site and use the software.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nihil
    Hi Ted0b1,

    They seem to have fixed it already:

    http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rea...own_reader.htm

    I haven't heard of anyone getting caught by it, but I know that several members use it rather than Adobe.

    I guess you would still have to go to a malicious site and use the software.
    including myself.

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