Trojan.Pidief.C

Trojan.Pidief.C is a Trojan horse that exploits the Adobe Acrobat and Reader Multiple Arbitrary Code Execution and Security Vulnerabilities (BID 27641) to download and execute files from the Internet.

Further Reading:
For more information about this threat, please see the following blog entry:
Pidief, the word for exploits?

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version February 9, 2008 revision 007
• Latest Rapid Release version November 23, 2009 revision 020
• Initial Daily Certified version February 9, 2008 revision 008
• Latest Daily Certified version November 23, 2009 revision 023
• Initial Weekly Certified release date February 13, 2008

Click here for a more detailed description of Rapid Release and Daily Certified virus definitions.

Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Medium
• Number of Infections: 50 - 999
• Number of Sites: 10+
• Geographical Distribution: Medium
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Easy

Damage

• Damage Level: Medium
• Payload: Exploits a vulnerability to download and execute remote files.

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low