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Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.L
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Mal/JSShell-B (Sophos) Exploit.PDF-JS.Gen (BitDefender) Exploit.Win32.Pidief.abd (Kaspersky)
Summary
Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.L is the detection for a specially crafted PDF file that exploits several 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 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, with CVE Identifiers CVE-2007-5659 and CVE-2008-2992, in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader. After removing this threat, make sure that you install the updates available from the vendor. You can read more about the vulnerabilities, as well as where to download the software update, from the following links:
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