Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 464a23c2a5dc48ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

8.6 KB Authoring application: Maneviwinratobiqeh
MD5: 7b2f08d655057a06d98d9bd9090861c8 SHA-1: 6d0ac5b1c7b9787239125164309e896298b70793 SHA-256: 464a23c2a5dc48efbd4b26b8598a78fcc760da3b204ef47819ee02b3c940a514
278 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes eval() and unescape() functions, indicating obfuscation. Critical heuristics identify exploitation of CVE-2009-0927 (Collab.getIcon) and CVE-2008-2992 (util.printf), which are known methods for executing arbitrary code within Adobe Reader. The presence of these exploits suggests the primary intent is to download and execute a secondary payload. The extracted JavaScript files, 'javascript_obj0007_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', further support this, though their specific contents could not be fully analyzed due to obfuscation.

Heuristics 8

  • 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)
  • 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.Agent-35649 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35649
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
7d273b122429c87fe0ec088946970382b040388618d727a07e8bf30f57cfd60a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x5A4 6745 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
48f7a9c25b866023f2abe8fcb0dadbb108fd166c84b44ca37df3e044dea655e4
deobfuscated-js string-concatenation normalized Acrobat API aliases at offset 0x5A4 560 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).