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Published Aug 08, 2010 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.GR

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: PDF/Obfusc.F!Camelot (Command) HTML/Malicious.PDF.Gen (Avira) Exploit.PDF-JS.Gen (BitDefender) PDF/Pidief!Generic (CA) Exploit.Win32.Pdfjsc (Ikarus) Mal/PdfEx-C (Sophos) Exploit.PDF-JS.Gen (Sunbelt Software)

Summary

Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.GR is a detection for specially-crafted PDF files that target software vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader. Once the malformed PDF files are opened by vulnerable versions of Adobe Acrobat and Reader, the embedded JavaScript is executed and loads the exploit.
 
Files detected as Pdfjsc.GR attempt to exploit the following vulnerabilities:
 
To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may be installed in your computer, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as the following:
 
 
For more information on antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/antivirus-partners/.
Update vulnerable applications
This threat exploits known vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and 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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