PDF malware analysis — malicious · 5d842a2778797108

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.6 KB Created: 0721-65-71 02:10:25 -18:37 Authoring application: Acrobat Editor 8.0 (via Adobe Acrobat 8.1.0)

MD5: 8cc58a24b99403ffaff358c99fabb1b4 SHA-1: 9338fde0e813919b6b570024a2c6e5fe3d66e395 SHA-256: 5d842a2778797108065c18485c21d9a3c8287bf4c32c82bbf2d9359ec495e7a9

338 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2008-2992 in Adobe Reader. The script decodes and evaluates a Base64-encoded payload, which is designed to download and execute a second-stage malicious file. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

Heuristics 10

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-35551 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35551
ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV

ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
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. (matched inside decoded stream)
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.
Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL

One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
URL http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
- http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
- http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0028_000.js` `9ce17a2015abb4646dda4d6b9758b10f622179764f569744a0baa669e642e864`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 28 at offset 0x4AD	5303 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35551 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`custom_b64_stage_000.js` `5f454447ceaf4e273745ea26c6e2bc06cb9a27ec068ed10a2f09365f3e141578`	deobfuscated-js	custom Base64 decoded JavaScript layer 1 (PDF /JS object 28) at offset 0x813	3316 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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