PDF malware analysis — malicious · 03ca24049c8cebb3

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.1 KB

MD5: fab08383fa1765994568c7248aef5118 SHA-1: ce2832b782903659c16bcb4ebbf4cf4edffb5e3d SHA-256: 03ca24049c8cebb3d798b837d45ad1c494a9a26519c9eacde3b6442818441d4f

318 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript that exploits CVE-2008-2992, a vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The script decodes and evaluates malicious JavaScript, which then downloads a second-stage payload from the URL http://93.174.93.11/~delmonca/u/load.php. The embedded JavaScript is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of eval() and String.fromCharCode() calls, along with the exploit cluster firing, indicates malicious intent.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 10

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.
ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7223369-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7223369-0
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://93.174.93.11/~delmonca/u/load.php

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0013_001.js` `a61a02a1bf485323c85cca430ee75b88ba4b568c89ce0750319f4397f0d6bb07`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368	6393 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` `d2868a52f7cc1f85cef68ecdb58425a72aaeb93e02b0e66c1e049c73b1c57d51`	deobfuscated-js	PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D	3640 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`custom_b64_stage_000.js` `85fe71200c33f398824631ccde606ec4fbbce8035fb8611c145accabab2137e1`	deobfuscated-js	custom Base64 decoded JavaScript layer 2 (PDF /JS object 13) at offset 0x95E	2025 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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