PDF malware analysis — malicious · 3afe44ad0ebe911e

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.2 KB

MD5: 34300a753ede62190a126ae46163a88d SHA-1: 637c8a920f912458c709f723c1fb91e62adbf207 SHA-256: 3afe44ad0ebe911eb1b2b6e4b0a8a562e3a3a5f242eaa7498a8e60d8472f684c

330 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is heavily obfuscated using variable concatenation and the unescape() function. The heuristics indicate that this script exploits multiple Adobe Reader vulnerabilities, specifically CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. The primary purpose of the script is to leverage these vulnerabilities to execute a secondary payload. The ML classifier strongly supports the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 9

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)
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.
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (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.
PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED

The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `a932fb7169d90c708ea55240a3ecad0f67ecb9fea1ad2cc365ee20171a3e1cfe`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x233	37678 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 205 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`unescape_var_concat_stage_000.js` `4b1440786d2643530f190977eb1f06c1fd98bb4c04263fdb5f5c3badcb6b0119`	deobfuscated-js	unescape variable-concat decoded JavaScript (decompressed) at offset 0x288	5314 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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