PDF malware analysis — malicious · 3ca9b88eab442d0a

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.7 KB Created: 2010-03-31 12:55:11 -04:00 Authoring application: Adobe InDesign CS4 (6.0.4) (via Adobe PDF Library 9.0)

MD5: c2c9932adf638329e95e26fbb3fc18f0 SHA-1: dd145df1783942b3a09b81c6027ba8782702abc7 SHA-256: 3ca9b88eab442d0aeaa4f17cef55dceeddd45a836f1e70186112fcdadf8c4c2d

322 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains multiple indicators of malicious activity, including embedded JavaScript and a critical vulnerability (CVE_2014_0496) related to app.addToolButton/removeToolButton. The presence of PDF_OPENACTION and PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD further suggests that the document is designed to automatically execute code upon opening. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7251986-0' strongly indicates its role as a dropper for other malware. The embedded JavaScript streams are likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 13

app.addToolButton/removeToolButton — CVE-2014-0496 critical CVE exact CVE_2014_0496

PDF JavaScript combines app.addToolButton() and app.removeToolButton() with heap-spray shellcode markers — the public Adobe Reader/Acrobat ToolButton use-after-free exploit shape for CVE-2014-0496. (matched in decompressed stream)
Embedded PDF child has suspicious static findings critical PDF_EMBEDDED_CHILD_STATIC_TRIAGE

PDF contains an embedded PDF stream whose extracted child matches suspicious or malicious PDF heuristics. Wrapper PDFs are commonly used to hide the actual exploit or lure payload from scanners that do not recursively inspect attachments.
ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7251986-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7251986-0
OpenAction trigger high PDF_OPENACTION

PDF has an /OpenAction — code runs automatically when opened
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD

PDF stream bytes contain an HTML/XFA <script> tag without accompanying Windows shell-execution primitives — common in accessible XFA forms but worth surfacing for analyst review.
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.
XFA form low PDF_XFA

PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON

PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED

PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload (matched inside decoded stream)
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://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/g/img/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/ResourceEvent#
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/ResourceRef#
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/ManifestItem#
- http://ns.adobe.com/xmp/InDesign/private
- http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
- http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/t/pg/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/Dimensions#
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/g/

Extracted artifacts 10

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0001_000.js` `61b7e36385129355f2dc39b8e202cf5643b534b857e0f3f62b2d7281d2359ec1`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xA	4515 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 13 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`stream_001_off00001583.js` `d1dfd457a2fdd3cec4091f689f39b85b35666aa5599ef3a8d5f9a80d1e2ce105`	decompressed-pdf-stream	PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1583	1042 bytes
`font_00_type1_off00001a1f.bin` `c6bf78478c9c4dd5b3b86554d34c78f847f70af4118f9ff083c1fccf0e8e932b`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (type1) at offset 0x1A1F	97 bytes
`font_01_type1_off00001ca6.bin` `b749644b3e758e7335900ab2e7499eaa64b3a946849f1f8a0948287bdd96763d`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (type1) at offset 0x1CA6	144 bytes
`stream_019_off0001a039.js` `3791b2f1c84a3e12785d6749c144782984b3edd9175778d4cde55491ff1eaefd`	decompressed-pdf-stream	PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1A039	7817 bytes
`objstm_0121_00.bin` `1a848677eb270baf9dc3d29095d1ed95f0a9f5e03e9a4da9bd8f70f997d86e7c`	pdf-objstm-decoded	PDF /ObjStm 121 0 obj (inflated)	1220 bytes
`font_00_cff_off0000b46d.bin` `38d7d0627d6ef08fdb595be75f8f12752f3381fa7a1441ca8f76a5e76dc6e7b9`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0xB46D	609 bytes
`font_01_cff_off0000ba3f.bin` `5f3f348279f5218a0f3607c4a8e7c1b2190742072e04b58112191aa6b4235f52`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0xBA3F	886 bytes
`font_02_cff_off0000c1e7.bin` `7e5cb310f6cb7822b8a316192e8347738bb3f1d76fe954bdbf17623d2e87f2fb`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0xC1E7	3808 bytes
`font_03_cff_off0000d457.bin` `99bc093cddfa13f76f619bedeaf723ce24882a341f9686e35da3cad8dbab0a72`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0xD457	3669 bytes

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