Description
Pidief is malware that exploits vulnerabilities in PDF readers to execute malicious code on vulnerable systems. It arrives through spam email attachments, and successful exploitation gives cyberattackers the privileges of the user who opened the document. Although modern readers patch the flaws the family targets, detections still surface when users open old documents or run outdated software, so the name remains a useful marker of exploit driven PDF attacks.
Stats
- First seen
- January 2022
- Last seen
- October 2026
Alert name variants
| Alert Name |
|---|
| Binary.Exploit.Pidief |
| Binary.Trojan.Pidief |
| ByteCode-SWF.Trojan.Pidief |
| Document-HTML.Exploit.Pidief |
| Document-PDF.Exploit.Pidief |
| Document-PDF.Trojan.Pidief |
| Document.Trojan.Pidief |
| Email-MIME.Trojan.Pidief |
| Email-MSG.Trojan.Pidief |
| Exploit.Pidief.K |