On: Can PDFs Have Viruses?

[barronli]

It does not answer why PDFs can have virus.

[latexr → barronli]

The article starts by unambiguously saying yes and later on gives examples:

> PDFs, like other file formats, can have hidden JavaScript code that might exploit vulnerabilities in a PDF.

and

> Opening a malicious PDF can launch malware that will start up whatever process the hacker has in mind.

[JSDevOps → barronli]

It does. It literally says Yes.