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TROJ_PIDIEF.ASP
Overview

Malware type: Trojan

Aliases: No Alias Found

In the wild: Yes

Destructive: No

Language: English

Platform: Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Server 2003

Encrypted: No

Overall risk rating:


Reported infections:

Damage potential:

Low

Distribution potential:

Low

Description: 

This Trojan is a specially crafted PDF file, takes advantage of the vulnerability in certain versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat.

More information can be found in the following links:

CVE-2009-0927

  • http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0927
  • http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html

CVE-2007-5659

  • http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5659
  • http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-13.html

After succesfully exploiting the said vulnerability, it connects to a certain URL to download possibly malicious files.

For additional information about this threat, see:
Solution
Technical Details

Description created: Oct. 8, 2009 10:51:43 AM GMT -0800

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