EPISODE · Jun 21, 2025 · 24 MIN
Perfidy, Deception, Fraud - How Much Trust Should We Put in a PDF? (gpn23)
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In our daily life, we often think of PDF documents as static and immutable. This mental model is wrong. In this presentation, we give a brief overview of PDF (in-)security and describe a novel kind of attack where a malicious PDF document can * change its displayed content with time (while the file stays the same) * display different content to different people We publish details and a proof of concept at https://github.com/vlkl-sap/perfidy-deception-fraud Licensed to the public under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ about this event: https://cfp.gulas.ch/gpn23/talk/G7FMP3/
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In our daily life, we often think of PDF documents as static and immutable. This mental model is wrong. In this presentation, we give a brief overview of PDF (in-)security and describe a novel kind of attack where a malicious PDF document can * change its displayed content with time (while the file stays the same) * display different content to different people We publish details and a proof of concept at https://github.com/vlkl-sap/perfidy-deception-fraud Licensed to the public under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ about this event: https://cfp.gulas.ch/gpn23/talk/G7FMP3/
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Perfidy, Deception, Fraud - How Much Trust Should We Put in a PDF? (gpn23)
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