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Published Dec 13, 2010 | Updated Sep 15, 2017

Exploit:Win32/Pidief.BN

Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Aliases: PDF/Exploit (AhnLab) EXP/PDF.Jeka.B (Avira) Exploit.PDF-JS.Gen (BitDefender) PDF/Pidief.XI (CA) Exploit.PDF.1654 (Dr.Web) PDF/Exploit.Pidief.PDS.Gen (ESET) Exploit.Win32.Pidief.ddl (Kaspersky) Suspicious-PDF.gen (McAfee) Troj/PDFJs-ML (Sophos) Exploit.AdobeReader.gen (Sunbelt Software) Trojan.Pidief (Symantec) TROJ_PIDIEF.SMZB (Trend Micro) JS.Pdfka.Gen.25 (VirusBuster)

Summary

Exploit:Win32/Pidief.BN is a detection for specially-crafted PDF files that target a software vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader referenced by Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Identifier CVE-2010-0188. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could result in the malware downloading and executing arbitrary files.
To detect and remove this threat and other malicious software that may be installed in your computer, run a full-system scan with an up-to-date antivirus product such as the following:
 
 
For more information on antivirus software, see http://www.microsoft.com/windows/antivirus-partners/.
 
Additional Removal Instructions
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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