Hackers have been sending malicious PDF files to military contractors.
Tags: hackers, cyberattack, PDF, military, vulnerability

New attack on Adobe products is out in the wild and there is no patch.
Tags: malware, security, Adobe, PDF, zero-day

Bloodhound.PDF.16 is a generic detection of potentially malicious PDF files, which may exploit a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat in order to perform further malicious actions.
Tags: Symantec, Adobe, business, PDF, Acrobat

Trojan.Pidief.G is a Trojan horse that arrives in a .pdf file and exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player.
Tags: Symantec, Adobe, Flash, business, PDF

Bloodhound.PDF.15 is a heuristic detection for files that may have been obfuscated or encrypted in order to conceal them from antivirus software.
Tags: software, Symantec, business, PDF, antivirus

Mal/PDFEx-F is a PDF file which contains malicious JavaScript.
Tags: security, JavaScript, PDF, spyware

Bloodhound.PDF.12 is a heuristic detection for files that may have been obfuscated or encrypted in order to conceal them from antivirus software.
Tags: software, Symantec, business, PDF, antivirus

Exp/APSA09-01 is a PDF file that exploits a bug in Adobe Reader.
Tags: security, support, Adobe, PDF, spyware

Troj_Pidief.IN Trojan is a specially-crafted .PDF file that exploits a zero-day vulnerability in Acrobat Reader Version 8.x and 9.0.
Tags: malware, control, PDF, Acrobat, zero-day

Bloodhound.PDF.6 is a heuristic detection for potentially malicious PDF files that may exploit a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat in order to perform further malicious actions.
Tags: Symantec, Adobe, business, PDF, Acrobat

Mal/JSShell-K detects PDF files containing malicious code that exploits vulnerabilities in older versions of Adobe Acrobat.
Tags: malware, security, vulnerabilities, Adobe, PDF

Bloodhound.PDF.2 is a heuristic detection for reporting PDF files that may attempt to exploit known vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat.
Tags: Symantec, vulnerabilities, Adobe, business, PDF

Troj/PDFJs-E is a PDF file that attempts to exploit a vulnerability associated with some versions of Adobe Reader in order to execute shell code when the PDF file is opened for viewing.
Tags: security, Adobe, PDF, spyware, Adobe Reader

Troj_Pidief.CB Trojan may be downloaded from certain remote sites.
Tags: security, support, control, Adobe, PDF

Exploit-PDF.d is a detection for malicious Trojan PDF documents that try to exploit a vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.2 and earlier versions.
Tags: McAfee, documents, Adobe, content, PDF

Exploit-PDF.c is a detection for a specially crafted PDF file that exploits the Adobe Acrobat OpenAction to download malicious code on a computer.
Tags: McAfee, Adobe, content, PDF, Acrobat

Bloodhound.Pdexe is a heuristic detection for reporting PDF files that contain an embedded executable file.
Tags: Symantec, business, embedded, PDF