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Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.PK
Aliases: PDF/Pdfka (AhnLab) Exploit.JS.Pdfka.dqy (Kaspersky) PDF/Exploit.SN (Norman) Exploit.PDF-JS (AVG) Exploit.PDF-JS.Gen (BitDefender) Exploit.PDF.2112 (Dr.Web) Exploit-PDF.qa.gen (McAfee) Troj/PDFJs-RL (Sophos) Trojan.Pidief (Symantec)
Summary
Exploit:JS/Pdfjsc.PK is the detection for specially-crafted PDF files that attempt to exploit a software vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader. It connects to a remote server to download and possibly execute arbitrary files.
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 detect and remove this threat:
- Microsoft Security Essentials
- Microsoft Safety Scanner
- Windows Defender
- Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
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:
