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Published Mar 10, 2011 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.LV

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: EXP/PDF.Jeka.B (Avira) Exploit.JS.PDF.Z (BitDefender) PDF/Pidief.XP (CA) Exploit.PDF.1654 (Dr.Web) Exploit.JS.Pdfka.ddt (Kaspersky) Exploit-PDF.pt.gen (McAfee) JS/ShellCode.A (Norman) Troj/PDFJs-ML (Sophos) Exploit.AdobeReader.gen (Sunbelt Software) Trojan.Pidief (Symantec) TROJ_PIDIEF.SMZB (Trend Micro) JS.Pdfka.Gen.25 (VirusBuster) Exploit.JS-10 (Clam AV)

Summary

Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.LV is a detection for specially-crafted PDF files that target a software vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader. It usually arrives in the system when the user visits a webpage that contains a malicious PDF file or opens an email containing the PDF file as an attachment. The vulnerability it attempts to exploit is tracked as CVE-2010-0188.
To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may be installed on your computer, run a full-system scan with an appropriate, up-to-date, security solution. The following Microsoft products will detect and remove this threat:
 
 
For more information on antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/antivirus-partners/.
Update vulnerable PDF 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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