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by machinestops 547 days ago
PDFs support JavaScript. Here's Adobe's guide on how to add JS to your PDFs: https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/acrobat/using/applying-actions-sc...
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It might be in the PDF spec, but most viewers won't run JS.
The most widely ones run JS. And the majority of pdf exploits are not js, but a wide mix over all the things a pdf reader supports.

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=Acrobat