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PDF exploits targeted through Blackhole exploit kits.

10

Apr

2012

PDF exploits have been targeted by Blackhole exploit kits for some time now. The Blackhole exploit kit will deliver various malicious PDF files to a user if the victim is running a potentially vulnerable version of Adobe Reader. When these PDFs are opened through Adobe Reader, a known vulnerability is exploited which will then compromise […]

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Adobe Reader CVE-2011-2462 Exploit analysis

04

Apr

2012

The exploit Used environment: Windows XP SP3 with Adobe Acrobat 9.4.6 This U3D memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-2011-2462) could cause an application crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. After the malicious PDF file is opened, new process pretty.exe (this file is changed all the times.) is created. We can […]

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New Version of Imuler Trojan Horse Masquerades as Image Files

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Mar

2012

Intego has discovered a new version of the Imuler Trojan horse, which the company first discovered in September, 2011. At the time, the sample discovered masqueraded as a PDF file containing Chinese text. This was not found in the wild, and the risk was considered to be low.The latest version, Imuler.C, has been found to […]

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