Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b2bf76faf296f22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB
MD5: 2b09b13c54c2a362ae6e20c8763696bb SHA-1: a08f8ba82d8200aab95862c6bc4293cd947dea9a SHA-256: 2b2bf76faf296f22408c4b61e8f54d75e17599a5bf9faf53f8b3cefff9a38f16
320 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is heavily obfuscated and designed to exploit multiple Adobe Reader vulnerabilities. The heuristics indicate that this JavaScript is decoded from a split character-table join and likely executes a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection 'Js.Exploit.HTML-28' further confirms its malicious nature.

Heuristics 8

  • 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: Js.Exploit.HTML-28 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Js.Exploit.HTML-28
  • 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
76b748a01818a3d307bc122599f628b4439f3caabd92c08ca16090128c66f9ac
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x2C2 11445 bytes
split_char_table_stage_000.js
a9bc9972df18b5f974f0eec29351262f9919cf40f434e93a9b0f1eff7bee58e7
deobfuscated-js split character-table join decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D1 3858 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).