[Full-disclosure] PDF mailto exploit in the wild

[Gregory Boyce]

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, Nick Boyce wrote:

>> # To Disable mailto (recommended)
>> Modify tSchemePerms by setting the mailto: value to 3:
>> version:1|shell:3|hcp:3|ms-help:3|ms-its:3|
>> ms-itss:3|its:3|mk:3|mhtml:3|help:3|disk:3|afp:3|disks:3|telnet:3|ssh:3|acrobat:2|mailto:3|file:2
>
> And now I'm having heart palpitations ... can anyone explain the
> function of the "telnet" and "ssh" parts of that little registry entry
> ?

So that you can have ssh:// or telnet:// links within a document.

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Another Boyce