PDF malware analysis — malicious · 429fecd47c69b02a

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.5 KB Authoring application: l (via va)

MD5: 56be85b7a67f3cd23bf2447855c0c02c SHA-1: c630647a27a765a0a90d340538bbc2804e4c530e SHA-256: 429fecd47c69b02a053a3582ad579561d450ee5a1a59126ac07aee37aa8dd69b

376 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link T1071.001 Web Protocols: Web Protocols

The PDF file contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) which, when opened, executes hex-decoded JavaScript. This script is designed to exploit multiple Adobe Reader vulnerabilities including CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. The primary goal appears to be downloading and executing a secondary payload, as indicated by the embedded script and the ClamAV detection signature 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-84'. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristics strongly indicate exploit activity.

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)
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-84 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-84
Suspicious extracted artifact high 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 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.
Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED

PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
XFA form low PDF_XFA

PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0004.bin` `c31857f977816bfde0995a25437e1e8aac2c24e2adfbb5480e827009bc97f3f7`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 4 at offset 0xE8	11258 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`xfa_hex_stage_000.js` `f4d09f827ab4a826b4a17326524f952bd667555c8026ab87836cefd61426035b`	deobfuscated-js	XFA hex-decoded JavaScript (decompressed, direct) at offset 0x661	4813 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).

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