PDF malware analysis — malicious · 0013ba27e4b2d741

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.0 KB

MD5: 4b494124171e0af4211a125fb9ff6cfe SHA-1: f6b7ac727f320b765de40e916e9767fae22f4e69 SHA-256: 0013ba27e4b2d741f13c0e3734da609eef254be94f052a05a87628385a4488c4

258 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1071.001 Web Protocols

This PDF file contains JavaScript that exploits CVE-2008-2992, leveraging eval() and String.fromCharCode() to decode and execute a malicious payload. The deobfuscated JavaScript attempts to download a second-stage payload from the URL http://74.63.216.74/~rastafar/load.php, indicating a downloader or initial access mechanism.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 9

util.printf — CVE-2008-2992 critical CVE exact CVE_2008_2992

PDF JavaScript calls util.printf() — CVE-2008-2992 is a stack buffer overflow in Adobe Reader triggered by a long format-specifier argument. Widely exploited in the wild after disclosure. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER

PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
PDF JavaScript shellcode contains an embedded download URL high PDF_JS_SHELLCODE_DOWNLOAD_URL

Decoded PDF JavaScript shellcode contains a hardcoded http(s) URL stored as little-endian %uXXXX Unicode escapes. Reader exploit shellcode embeds the second-stage fetch URL this way and pulls it down with a urlmon/URLDownloadToFile-style download-and-execute (commodity downloader behaviour rather than a specific Acrobat CVE).
JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT

PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS

PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE

String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE

One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL

One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.

URL http://74.63.216.74/~rastafar/load.php

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0013_001.js` `96e59861bd51d9411ff2209c3dedd2bbacc1f83fd464d8d8c190e6e966bb8b6f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368	6229 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`acroform_b64_00.js` `ceb273040ccdc3c6b942b6c15f717e10a695cf7c0f62f49ed6fb17a8ff1d5295`	deobfuscated-js	PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D	3517 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`custom_b64_stage_000.js` `ea858a24695f8b0d4a667a85e5c4657bfea1de6581569cbd4fb87cef2448ba42`	deobfuscated-js	custom Base64 decoded JavaScript layer 2 (PDF /JS object 13) at offset 0x95E	2019 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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