Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 70e5ce5bc5d70c6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.1 KB
MD5: 878c9ee927d0dc63c91603f5dba1b474 SHA-1: ddbc224be400aa1b0d210f0938acadb31d3003e4 SHA-256: 70e5ce5bc5d70c6bebdf4a6cf55abc7c01750ae74f86371f5c85849bf88f001f
318 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file contains JavaScript that exploits CVE-2008-2992, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload. The embedded URL http://93.174.93.11/~delmonca/u/load.php is used for this download. The use of eval() and String.fromCharCode() in the JavaScript indicates obfuscation and dynamic code execution, typical of droppers.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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.Dropper.Agent-7271437-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7271437-0
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • PDF JavaScript shellcode contains an embedded download URL high PDF_JS_SHELLCODE_DOWNLOAD_URL
    Decoded PDF JavaScript shellcode contains a hardcoded http(s) URL stored as little-endian %uXXXX Unicode escapes. Reader exploit shellcode embeds the second-stage fetch URL this way and pulls it down with a urlmon/URLDownloadToFile-style download-and-execute (commodity downloader behaviour rather than a specific Acrobat CVE).
  • 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://93.174.93.11/~delmonca/u/load.php

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
50c0b667d8c2eef96278c801be57f724894f55c65a21ba53c7350d53a6ebb0fb
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6397 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
acroform_b64_00.js
17202cbcf8ad7d02fcc1a81b72702909180d1fc88dca88d06a1cd927275468fa
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3644 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 6 long base64-like blob(s).
custom_b64_stage_000.js
85fe71200c33f398824631ccde606ec4fbbce8035fb8611c145accabab2137e1
deobfuscated-js custom Base64 decoded JavaScript layer 2 (PDF /JS object 13) at offset 0x95E 2025 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).