MALICIOUS
198
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript
T1204.002 Malicious File
This PDF document is malicious, leveraging multiple critical vulnerabilities including CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, and CVE-2007-5659. These exploits target the PDF reader's JavaScript engine. The analysis identified several embedded and deobfuscated JavaScript files, indicating the likely intent to download and execute a second-stage payload. The specific nature of the payload cannot be determined from the provided evidence.
Heuristics 6
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media.newPlayer — CVE-2009-4324 critical CVE exact CVE_2009_4324PDF 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)
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Collab.getIcon — CVE-2009-0927 critical CVE exact CVE_2009_0927PDF 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)
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Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 critical CVE exact CVE_2007_5659PDF 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)
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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 6
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj0032_000.jsd9f58e3ced3f90e544b54efa9bf23195dca23354140599e33b52f49020858e45 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 32 at offset 0x2F9 | 239 bytes |
javascript_obj0034_001.js39512cf50045bdaa453fc5cac5335aaa4c107ea605ea84b74ea4c2a5ad6ab9a2 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 34 at offset 0x3E3 | 347 bytes |
javascript_obj0036_002.js7233be58d0c1feab88a0c400709c800e47d659fedaf87f926a4321424f730bdb |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 36 at offset 0xAC | 190 bytes |
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js8eeeea4e231fe3ba8b79434c13d2000ed00c1f5a9b039090f0a07e8f3d940d1b |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x515 | 1651 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js2744ae0eea65d75a9302c7d99ae16814ae90ce5f83379899eaae40106cf446a0 |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xAA5 | 1803 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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legacy_pdfkit_stage_002.js721f67b3bdb69c48ca68104f925923a6e9d73a6161991616a4218a741337c341 |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1010 | 2955 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
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