PDF malware analysis — malicious · 12c5e0d8536dadf1

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.0 KB

MD5: f4a0d9abf68875d4c538397c159e6753 SHA-1: 9904cd79acc120dbd179f1d7b229358971e7d213 SHA-256: 12c5e0d8536dadf134295f733df49821fbb6c0220ba8d997bd516fa6235cb1f1

258 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file contains JavaScript that exploits CVE-2008-2992, leveraging eval() and String.fromCharCode() to decode and execute a malicious payload. The script contains an embedded URL, http://93.174.93.11/~delmonca/u/load.php, which is likely used to download a second-stage payload. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness.

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://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` `898ec3bab026fe6890344e8c2173de368a9aae7b47310a5a8ca18b2625d51af8`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368	6361 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` `dcdde115bac1a12aa262e4b60f6b250d09750c80c41065f8e568fec5ad6947e1`	deobfuscated-js	PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D	3617 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(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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