Researchers Demonstrate 2 New Hacks to Modify Certified PDF Documents

From thehackernews.com

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed two new attack techniques on certified PDF documents that could potentially enable an attacker to alter a document’s visible content by displaying malicious content over the certified content without invalidating its signature.

“The attack idea exploits the flexibility of PDF certification, which allows signing or adding annotations to certified documents under different permission levels,” said researchers from Ruhr-University Bochum, who have systematically analyzed the security of the PDF specification over the years.

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