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| Subject: | Re: files containing web llinks |
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| Date: | Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:07:54 -0500 |
pdp (architect) wrote:
Hi, it is possible to open links from several types of media formats including images, although this is the first case someone mentions it on a security list I believe. This type of issue was found in PDF, RealMedia, QuickTime, and QuckTime Media Link. It is good to note that
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http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/backdooring-mp3-files http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/backdooring-quicktime-movies
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These are *not* image files, or any sort of image file format. They're
links to image files either local or remote that load additional,
possibly unnecessary or unwanted data. They're essentially scripts with
names that happen to end in .mp3, .mov, etc...
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