RE: PDF Documents

[Josh Diggs <JDiggs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a variation on a phishing attack.  The victim would have to fail to notice the return address of the e-mail being different then the expected domain name, just as in a web page variant, the victim would have to not notice the url being different then expected. 

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nathan Andelin
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 11:32 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: PDF Documents

> From: Charles Wilt
> Note that fillable PDF forms can automatically submit the entered data 
> back to a web server...


I wonder how Acrobat Reader prevents one entity from fraudulently impersonating another entity, and sending out input capable PDF files via email that submit return data to the impersonator?

-Nathan



      
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