Romeo Papa wrote (07 Aug 2015 23:04:15 GMT) :
> PDF.js can be disabled as follows:
> 1. Type about:config in the Firefox address bar
> 2. Search for the pdfjs.disabled entry
> 3. Set the pdfjs.disabled entry to True
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1179262#c30 reads:
"Notice that "pdfjs.disabled" shall not be used, at least without
switching the handler." Not sure how one would "switch the handler",
and perhaps it doesn't mean what I think anyway.
Romeo Papa, do you want to research this further? It would be very
useful to add a mitigation measure when mentioning this security issue
in the "Known issues" section of the 1.5~rc1 call for testing.
Cheers,
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intrigeri