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Published Aug 20, 2009 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.BH

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Exploit.Win32.Pidief.bja (Kaspersky) Exploit.JS.PDF.P (BitDefender)

Summary

Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.BH is a detection for specially-crafted PDF files that targets software vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader.
 
The vulnerabilities it attempts to exploit are the following:
 
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 and CVE-2008-2992, 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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