Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a8ab16d313e24e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.9 KB
MD5: 3887fde1e2c8c2a24752c8976fbeba97 SHA-1: bd2f4c6848d9b8cb17671a8f8f519b72b2860786 SHA-256: 0a8ab16d313e24e5d2c936d5d6d96f0686c876523eb4cdd99f459424384ec3df
226 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2014-0496, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The script is designed to download a second-stage payload from the URL http://kutendewazacytowalbym.ignatius-piazza-and-front-sight-in-chicago-tribune.com/world/loop-earning-lessen-grade.txt?e=9. The deobfuscated JavaScript confirms the download functionality and the exploitation of the CVE.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 9

  • app.addToolButton/removeToolButton — CVE-2014-0496 critical CVE exact CVE_2014_0496
    PDF JavaScript combines app.addToolButton() and app.removeToolButton() with heap-spray shellcode markers — the public Adobe Reader/Acrobat ToolButton use-after-free exploit shape for CVE-2014-0496. (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.
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • 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://kutendewazacytowalbym.ignatius-piazza-and-front-sight-in-chicago-tribune.com/world/loop-earning-lessen-grade.txt?e=9
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.8/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.5/

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0003_000.js
26eecdef2561b2ff6d0f5a140a52b27030682ccb3dd376992aa7338a6c2251a1		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 3 at offset 0x409 15890 bytes
base26_stage_000.js
7164b9289af3253da1695f81cd2f8126a203cac6a4f8ddea742ad70a17aa065f		 deobfuscated-js base26-decoded JavaScript (decompressed) at offset 0x60D 6057 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 44 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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