Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77d2dc4182eefb7d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.7 KB
MD5: 3537ed821dda656e2c5f223fdf71655b SHA-1: 70c421f336dbe78ff22e2bb6f4745a0a90296add SHA-256: 77d2dc4182eefb7da3f6dbc55f0eefea2bbebcf6fcd82ebabab8b06e3ceae11c
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers critical heuristics for CVE-2008-2992, indicating an attempt to exploit this vulnerability. The presence of JavaScript and the CVE exploit suggest the file is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The obfuscated nature of the JavaScript and the ClamAV detection further support its 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
302acfcf87a51a5fb0f4686ad6c392ef3c192e8b4778ce0f3db075257ffaf3a7
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x19D 5635 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).