PDF malware analysis — malicious · 5d5efd2601e8922a

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.5 KB Authoring application: Viraciregavi

MD5: 987c954c9f3e79bee00c03e1a606dd0d SHA-1: ed66564d4f2ade8d0e109d90b40b4a32fd0d1956 SHA-256: 5d5efd2601e8922a60b3d274d7693da10d87d7e6543f402ef521ed3e71bcaa51

468 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF sample contains obfuscated JavaScript that leverages multiple known Adobe Reader vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, CVE-2008-2992) to achieve code execution. The deobfuscated JavaScript streams indicate a generic stage recovery, typical of exploit kits designed to download and execute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 11

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)
PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER

PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
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)
Generic recovered JavaScript exploit stage high PDF_GENERIC_STAGE_RECOVERY

Bounded static stage recovery exposed hidden JavaScript through generic transforms such as null-byte collapse, percent decoding, marker replacement, arithmetic character codes, fromCharCode, numeric arrays, numeric-array minus-key decoders, alphabet-index arrays, /Producer half-difference metadata arrays, hex literals, marker-stripped Base64 literals, custom 6-bit XOR table decoders, or repeated-marker hex carriers. This rule is emitted only when the recovered stage contains exploit-like Acrobat JavaScript or shellcode markers.
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 7

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `2d394750fc70525def9a9f8754aedeca80e621d61fdc5314e5e185118e8b987d`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x45A	5787 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`generic_stage_recovery_000.js` `8bdd0e3d96a4b1f9c8e278dba127daf5d000dd3e25eb41c8d302e076d4f36b86`	deobfuscated-js	generic stage recovery split-literal-normalize from JavaScript object 7 at offset 0x45A	5520 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`generic_stage_recovery_001.js` `8014553da6f3531d4103e9a201fa84ac04c0ab07643d56223e770b8009b850c4`	deobfuscated-js	generic stage recovery split-literal-normalize from decompressed stream at 0xEDD at offset 0xEDD	2882 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`generic_stage_recovery_002.js` `d02572d6084b4d75ea740332de84bd64d1805f342fe6a7040d2c28d3f1518530`	deobfuscated-js	generic stage recovery split-literal-normalize from decompressed stream at 0xEDD at offset 0xEDD	2851 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`generic_stage_recovery_003.js` `88c88f7b162ed8e3ba3a76c09440cb147a76ab930053a531dd53511d44e662df`	deobfuscated-js	generic stage recovery split-literal-normalize -> percent-decode from JavaScript object 7 at offset 0x45A	5516 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`generic_stage_recovery_004.js` `602e09005e95ffce79507d1fc8fa9993661cbbee1043649d7e2546b2b4d1a781`	deobfuscated-js	generic stage recovery percent-decode -> split-literal-normalize from JavaScript object 7 at offset 0x45A	5518 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `1e0c8ca4c6180400afd62497a161d41969b04e1091a2d4ffa9764c7f00cf51a1`	deobfuscated-js	string-concatenation normalized Acrobat API aliases at offset 0x45A	851 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).

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