xpdf and acrobat reader hole

Jochen Schroeder <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.lfs.security
Message-ID <[email protected]>
There is a whole in acrobat reader and xpdf which let's you execute any 
shell command from within a pdf-dokument. Nice thing if you embed rm -rf 
$HOME/* within an pdf-file. Am still not quite sure if this really is a 
hole or considered a feature ;-). Anyways here's the relevant link:
http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-June/010397.html

Cheers
Jochen

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