Security Flaws in Adobe Acrobat Reader Allow Gaining Root on macOS Silently

Re:Security Flaws in Adobe Acrobat Reader Allow Gaining Root... by b3kart on Thursday May 14, 2020 @01:25PM (#23182452)

Because PDFs in Preview are blurry on external screens ever since Sierra. Acrobat works fine. I hate most third-party PDF viewers, but here we are.

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Re:Security Flaws in Adobe Acrobat Reader Allow Gaining Root... by macintux on Thursday May 14, 2020 @05:28PM (#23185742)

That’s...odd. I’ve never noticed it, and I’m viewing an AWS user guide right now on a 4K display (MacBook Pro, Mojave) with no crispness issues.

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Re:Security Flaws in Adobe Acrobat Reader Allow Gaining Root... by b3kart on Friday May 15, 2020 @04:54AM (#23190194)

> 4K display

That’s your answer. Apple being Apple either have no lower-res screens to test on, or once again have decided to force the industry forward.

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Re:Security Flaws in Adobe Acrobat Reader Allow Gaining Root... by macintux on Friday May 15, 2020 @08:48AM (#23191523)

This page may help.

https://www.howtogeek.com/358596/how-to-fix-blurry-fonts-on-...

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Re:Security Flaws in Adobe Acrobat Reader Allow Gaining Root... by b3kart on Friday May 15, 2020 @07:51PM (#23198913)

Thanks. I’ve tried about a million different tricks at the time, none of which worked. I’ve given up on it. There has been a Twitter thread by an Apple engineer which I won’t be able to locate now, but the crux was that they know they’re breaking things for non-4K screens, but they don’t care enough/don’t have the resources (lol) to fix that.

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