PDF malware analysis — malicious · 7b9e53bf61f2c2a7

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.8 KB

MD5: 7ebd8f33d41443440d1c6fbf20e0d7b7 SHA-1: f6976732b98fd97aea599eea9acbaae0cefdfd46 SHA-256: 7b9e53bf61f2c2a73ebce34d6541d228a6420d0b1ea29a0806453a15cedc3185

178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical vulnerability (CVE-2008-2992) related to util.printf. This indicates the document is designed to exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. The presence of obfuscated JavaScript and a ClamAV detection for 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' further supports a malicious intent, likely to download and execute a secondary payload.

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` `15d0591b8aaafb5e63854cbd4aa7dde7deb0b28ba16e71b24837513a1c82ae25`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x18F	5063 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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