PDF malware analysis — malicious · 84f36c0fa24baf2f

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.9 KB

MD5: 22396e46180d186b461ba62993640021 SHA-1: e1bcbf9e5902417d4f76ec5e3423fac616b5ae31 SHA-256: 84f36c0fa24baf2f54f44b29552fe2527c6a1b386fc20a7d581a62a8bc0b2ce4

288 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF document is malicious and exploits multiple Adobe Reader vulnerabilities including CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. The embedded JavaScript, which is heavily obfuscated and uses custom Base64 decoding, is designed to execute an exploit stage. The primary intent appears to be the execution of arbitrary code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 9

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)
OpenAction trigger high PDF_OPENACTION

PDF has an /OpenAction — code runs automatically when opened
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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0009_000.js` `40529d009b255a8cf84957cc8aacaac7ad1541b0757bd4f50b705085cdaf6b40`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 9 at offset 0xD6	19828 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).
`custom_b64_stage_000.js` `ec8aa3262118b4938cdd5dac818a3289f4dd1b4edaafe742392469758cfea266`	deobfuscated-js	custom Base64 decoded JavaScript layer 2 (PDF /JS object 9) at offset 0x436	10647 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 9 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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