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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jan-2025 01:46:14 JST Ars Technica

   This PDF contains a playable copy of Doom
   Adobe Acrobat's little-used JavaScript support gets exploited in Chromium browsers.
   https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/01/this-pdf-contains-a-playable-copy-of-doom/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Freevolt (freevolt24@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jan-2025 01:49:16 JST Freevolt

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     @arstechnica "This PDF file is actually Doom."
     "You mean the file extension was swapped to PDF?"
     "No, you can play Doom on Acrobat."

   • Daniel Marks (profdc9@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jan-2025 02:54:08 JST Daniel Marks

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     @arstechnica it is terrifying that such an ill considered decision as to make static documents contain executable code was made. Ill stick with Sumatra PdF and evince. What's next? Javascript in JPEGs?