PDF malware analysis — malicious · 08f2ee06957c7226

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.8 KB

MD5: 3de6e1243d93e01f1e509aadad420369 SHA-1: ff2d304894a60a791a9709cad0f0d403d746b8da SHA-256: 08f2ee06957c7226bfeddee03a5d9e928e5b557ba328bbfb965f3202681c4b06

194 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages the util.printf function to exploit CVE-2008-2992. The script is heavily obfuscated but appears to construct a URL, 'http://sdreignid.com/p=654b1-320-992-99', likely for downloading a secondary payload. The presence of multiple PDF-specific exploit indicators and ML classification strongly suggests malicious intent.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

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. (matched in decompressed stream)
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36183 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36183
ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX

Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
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.
ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85

ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `f86b1e5220183f7c7e3ea8cddca0c8beed42f4aca8952f8c95b07b9823f2ed6e`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x138	1345 bytes

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