PDF malware analysis — malicious · 53c7f206d7eff37e

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.2 KB

MD5: 7dd9e99fdced080abbcf6f838841e3c7 SHA-1: 45c945c967c258b05ffbca5a11ad6c2283461b40 SHA-256: 53c7f206d7eff37ee341c84b5d0a4ee7163411bb627f5bca8fb880bab9f9b7ec

178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2008-2992, indicating exploitation of a vulnerability via the util.printf function. The presence of JavaScript and the specific CVE exploit suggest the document's primary purpose is to execute arbitrary code, likely downloading a second-stage payload. The obfuscated nature of the JavaScript and the ClamAV detection further support a malicious intent.

Heuristics 6

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. (matched in decompressed stream)
ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `617399fa8fdbcf0f0b569d53f7364608ac593c3cfff1a1307cfd9bf7f0255b3f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x1AD	5094 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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