16B password breach

Jun 19, 2025 Last reply: 1 year ago 49 Replies

Panto season already :-)

Here is the standard:

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(you can search that for JavaScript)

You will note that the standard is an open source ISO standard these days (has been since 2008):

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JavaScript was initially added in Acrobat 3.0 (Nov 2006), and has been in the standard ever since.

Its a proprietary Adobe extension.

I dont think any linux readers support it. Maybe in browser rendering does.

Until 2008 PDF in its entirety was an propitiatory Adobe creation and specification. It was adopted as an ISO standard in 2008. It had JS then, and has it now.

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All of them I would expect - firfox and anything Chromium based certainly.

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Cheers John, appreciate it!

Thanks. Is a master password application safer than not having one and writing the p/w down on a piece of paper? I know that someone can break in and steal that paper, but it is unlikely, whereas a M.P.A. could still technically be cracked, yes? Or is it that a case of extraordinary diminishing returns and not worthwhile for a skint pleb? (I'm assuming that)

I exported my password store from google... .. there are over 1000 passwords in it. I know some are duplicates, but even so generating that many unique passwords would take some work...

Dave

Christ on a bike... What on earth made you put it there in the first place? Hardly secure.

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"Well, the problem is is that I'm on linux and no pdf editor does the calculations added with acrobat :( "

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about:config

pdfjs.enableScripting BOOLEAN True

A little of this, a little of that.

Paul

Ah. So Mozilla can be told *not* to support it. It looks like it should be disabled 'unless needed'

I'll do that RIGHT NOW... ...done!

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