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Published Jun 08, 2009 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.AV

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: CVE-2007-5659 (other) CVE-2008-2992 (other) CVE-2009-0927 (other) CVE-2009-1493 (other)

Summary

Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.AV is the detection for a PDF file that exploits several PDF (Portable Document Format) vulnerabilities. It runs another malware that connects to a remote Web site, possibly to download other malware.
Manual removal is not recommended for this threat. To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may have been installed, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as the Microsoft Safety Scanner (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=212742). For more information, see http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/vista.mspx.
 
This threat exploits known vulnerabilities in PDF documents, with CVE Identifiers CVE-2007-5659, CVE-2008-2992, CVE-2009-0927 and CVE-2009-1493, in Adobe Acrobat Reader. After removing this threat, make sure that you install the updates available from the vendor. You can read more about these vulnerabilities in PDF documents, as well as where to download the software update from the following links:
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