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Microsoft Security Intelligence
Published Apr 19, 2010 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.EX

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: Exploit.PDF (AVG) JS/Exploit.Pdfka.NUC (ESET) Exploit.JS.Pdfka.bso (Kaspersky) JS/Shellcode.FN (Norman)

Summary

Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.EX is a detection for specially-crafted PDF files that attempt to exploit software vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader.
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 Microsoft Security Essentials, or the Microsoft Safety Scanner. For more information about using antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/av.aspx.
 
This threat exploits known vulnerabilities in in Adobe Acrobat and Reader. After removing this threat, make sure that you install all updates available from the vendor.
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