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Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.NJ
Aliases: PDF/Obfusc.Q!Camelot (Command) Pdfjsc.AI (Norman) EXP/Pidief.UK (Avira) Exploit.PDF-JS.Gen (BitDefender) Exploit.Win32.Pdfjsc (Ikarus) Troj/PDFJs-RD (Sophos) Trojan.Pidief (Symantec)
Summary
Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.NJ is the detection for a PDF file that contains an obfuscated JavaScript. This JavaScript exploits certain vulnerabilities, such as CVE-2010-0188, in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader, allowing it to download arbitrary files into the affected computer.
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