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[–] SharpSliceOfMango ago 

Yes, every data can be some shellcode or some crafted data that triggers a buffer overflow, fmt etc. And every application can have potential bugs in it. You can't trust the application. You need to protect the app and the execution environment. If you want 100% security, don't open it under a seperate VM, open it under a standalone throwaway computer with no network connection. I don't think that they need to exploit your system to gain access, I think that there are already hidden backdoors in the CPU microcode of every x86 and x86_64 system.

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[–] B3bomber ago 

Pretty sure of that too, doesn't mean make it even easier. US gov sites used to also post in txt format along with pdf.