PDF malware analysis — malicious · 46c08c3495d6e704

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.8 KB

MD5: 0bcb4538cbaeb473429e34c88c915e13 SHA-1: 2e26300b163b56327c2e97ffb36240dd78e25b28 SHA-256: 46c08c3495d6e704974a0f57259eb7ee0a2972ba8d7a1f28fb70d6a078237ab9

306 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

This PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. These vulnerabilities are leveraged through embedded and obfuscated JavaScript, which uses `eval()` and `String.fromCharCode()` to execute malicious code. The script's primary function appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the deobfuscated JavaScript artifacts. The exact nature of the payload is not discernible from the provided evidence, but the exploitation of these specific CVEs points to a malicious intent.

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)
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (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.
String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE

String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0003_000.js` `2a729ad846889ae5812bb15cb2f0cba17c82a2187ee7ff3fb5001e84f0677814`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 3 at offset 0x2511	191 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`info_hex_offset_stage_000.js` `ae705f0c8df7ed819f0d05f0fa1db52f583131167dbd36ca8d69f3d1936d5d86`	deobfuscated-js	PDF /Info subject hex-offset JavaScript (raw, offset=-51) at offset 0x14	4699 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).
`deobfuscated.js` `b780eab23301488c6e23f63db817552a0890af5e2c29719dc3071e8c0cee47d0`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	388 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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