Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b375e2b5df5f867…

MALICIOUS

PDF

132.5 KB
MD5: fb73b43f7e30e13ed739ea3c29dcfaaf SHA-1: 74c33a21aefb8f21e084faa669cc4acd6c8dc0fe SHA-256: 1b375e2b5df5f86729239961544bcceb4e5e5af150e2be67d39a0c1db5dfe891
418 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes character-table indexing and evaluation to obfuscate exploit code. This JavaScript targets multiple specific CVEs related to Adobe Reader, indicating an exploit delivery mechanism. The embedded JavaScript is designed to execute malicious code, likely leading to further stages of infection.

Heuristics 10

  • media.newPlayer — CVE-2009-4324 critical CVE exact CVE_2009_4324
    PDF JavaScript calls media.newPlayer — CVE-2009-4324 is a use-after-free in Adobe Reader's multimedia plugin triggered by media.newPlayer(). Actively exploited as a zero-day in December 2009. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
  • Collab.getIcon — CVE-2009-0927 critical CVE exact CVE_2009_0927
    PDF JavaScript calls Collab.getIcon — CVE-2009-0927 is a stack buffer overflow in Adobe Reader triggered by Collab.getIcon() with a crafted argument. Allows arbitrary code execution. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
  • Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 critical CVE exact CVE_2007_5659
    PDF JavaScript calls Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 is a buffer overflow in Adobe Reader triggered by a long argument or heap-sprayed message field passed to Collab.collectEmailInfo(). Part of a series of Acrobat JS API exploits. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
  • 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)
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36388 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36388
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • Character-table JavaScript eval stager high PDF_JS_CHAR_TABLE_EVAL_STAGER
    PDF JavaScript reconstructs an exploit stage by indexing into a small character table, appending hundreds of one-character fragments, joining the array, and evaluating the result. This static fallback fires only after the bounded decoder recovers an exploit-like stage, so it catches this obfuscation even when no single CVE API signature is available.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0076_000.js
8e7538138ea05ee6a27bcd1e78a07b6e95937f88b95b91861636153df280f4bb
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x2C2 119289 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.HTML-27
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
char_table_stage_000.js
f30e07754451d6fade0d1b7cc9e1f723967733a4b5a83dad5367c1ccce90874e
deobfuscated-js char-table indexed JavaScript (PDF /JS object 76) at offset 0x2DC 3864 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).