PDF malware analysis — malicious · 2bb47caca56a9530

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.9 KB

MD5: 93e78b5b20fdf9841d7f21c1896000e5 SHA-1: 15791870784cad082b728b9ef0e1901ab906b7f3 SHA-256: 2bb47caca56a95301deb26e5f40543da62af3e6960d8fe2e23e776eb766f6e4e

306 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

This PDF document exploits several critical vulnerabilities including CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. These exploits are leveraged through embedded JavaScript, which is obfuscated and uses String.fromCharCode and eval() calls. The primary intent appears to be the execution of a second-stage payload, as indicated by the deobfuscated JavaScript artifacts. The specific vulnerabilities targeted suggest a method for arbitrary code execution within the PDF reader.

Heuristics 9

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)
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
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.
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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0003_000.js` `3c057fd8efebc4242b3300c8368c2bde7c2efbb0ca347176e18b8ad9ebae6008`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 3 at offset 0x252D	191 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`info_hex_offset_stage_000.js` `2f5e1012af204bcc00db41ce85989cae28a43fc33df4abba6c2c84d19af90972`	deobfuscated-js	PDF /Info subject hex-offset JavaScript (raw, offset=-84) at offset 0x14	4711 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 12 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `be9d30b1f1aad2b32608d6d9df139d94d316bf11dc0cf392e70a0943ff1795b2`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	392 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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