[WEB SECURITY] Universal XSS with PDF files: highly dangerous

[Amit Klein]

pdp (architect) wrote:
> Amit, this is very interesting solution and it will probably work in
> most cases. However, if the attacker is able to upload PDF documents,
> he/she can craft one that will produce the desired result as soon as
> it gets opend by the user. This can be achieved by setting the PDF
> file to redirect. 
I agree. I was thinking about a solution to the fragment problem, which 
is the topic of the thread (and a much more widespread situation than 
PDF upload).

-Amit

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