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Constructor:Win32/Pdfmaker.A
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Trojan.Agent.AIUE (BitDefender) Constructor.Win32.Pidief.a (Kaspersky) not-a-virus.VirTool.GenMDB (other) Hacktool (Symantec)
Summary
Constructor:Win32/Pdfmaker.A is a malicious PDF (Adobe) constructor. Use of the constructor allows an attacker to embed a supplied arbitrary executable within a supplied PDF host file. Opening the PDF file on vulnerable systems could allow the embedded file to execute.
Not applicable - Constructor:Win32/Pdfmaker.A is a malicious PDF (Adobe) constructor. Use of the constructor allows an attacker to embed a supplied arbitrary executable within a supplied PDF host file. Opening the PDF file on vulnerable systems could allow the embedded file to execute.
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