Don’t take LaTeX files from strangers
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[email protected] TEX , L ATEX , AND B I B T EX F I L ES ARE a common method of collaboration for computer science professionals. It is widely assumed by users that LaTeX files are safe; that is, that no significant harm can come of running LaTeX on an arbitrary computer. Unfortunately, this is not the case. In this article we describe how to exploit LaTeX to build a virus that spreads between documents on the MiKTeX distribution on Windows XP as well as how to use malicious documents to steal data from Web-based LaTeX previewer services.
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تاریخ انتشار 2010