Trojan.Pidief.E

Trojan.Pidief.E is a Trojan horse that attempts to exploit the Adobe Reader PDF File Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (BID 33751) in order to drop more files on to the compromised computer.

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Targeted PDFs Used as Exploits

Protection

• Initial Rapid Release version February 12, 2009 revision 023
• Latest Rapid Release version February 5, 2010 revision 008
• Initial Daily Certified version February 12, 2009 revision 038
• Latest Daily Certified version February 5, 2010 revision 032
• Initial Weekly Certified release date February 18, 2009

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Threat Assessment

Wild

• Wild Level: Low
• Number of Infections: 0 - 49
• Number of Sites: 0 - 2
• Geographical Distribution: Low
• Threat Containment: Easy
• Removal: Easy

Damage

• Damage Level: Low
• Payload: Drops files on to the compromised computer.

Distribution

• Distribution Level: Low
• Target of Infection: Exploits a remote Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader 8 and 9.