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

Description: 

To get a one-glance comprehensive view of the behavior of this malware, refer to the Behavior Diagram shown below.

Malware Overview

This Trojan may be downloaded from certain remote sites.

This Trojan exploits a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader versions 8.1.2 and earlier. This vulnerability may cause the said application to crash and may also allow a remote malicious user to take control over an affected system when a user views a specially-crafted PDF file.

More details on the said vulnerability can be found on this page:

• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html

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

Description created: Nov. 7, 2008 1:53:15 PM GMT -0800

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