PDF malware analysis — malicious · 873cc412e34cea8a

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.4 KB

MD5: 6b543bf381617160acf64f5469dcc77e SHA-1: 37d8bb69c3e5c06acb4c66fe9ff4af662eaa58e9 SHA-256: 873cc412e34cea8a1da039e48bc054865bdee05e6df5af50c94299f4691462b9

456 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is heavily obfuscated using a character table indexing technique. This script is designed to exploit several known vulnerabilities in older versions of Adobe Reader, specifically CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. The primary goal of the script is to download and execute a second-stage payload, as indicated by the 'Agent-36749' ClamAV detection name.

Heuristics 10

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)
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36749 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36749
ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV

ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
Character-table JavaScript eval stager high PDF_JS_CHAR_TABLE_EVAL_STAGER

PDF JavaScript reconstructs an exploit stage by indexing into a small character table, appending hundreds of one-character fragments, joining the array, and evaluating the result. This static fallback fires only after the bounded decoder recovers an exploit-like stage, so it catches this obfuscation even when no single CVE API signature is available.
Suspicious extracted artifact high 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.
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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0076_000.js` `36225fe7b3545b00d61a5ff76c94eb0990d7d448f4256c38e3707b4498640abd`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x2C2	108035 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36749 Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
`char_table_stage_000.js` `3d6f123f16eced3bf682011982c8dc84612930d63f49347ebd57d187bcd71b19`	deobfuscated-js	char-table indexed JavaScript (PDF /JS object 76) at offset 0x2F1	3864 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 11 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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