PDF malware analysis — malicious · 9454e9ab024ce808

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.9 KB Created: 2010-03-31 12:55:11 -04:00 Authoring application: Adobe InDesign CS4 (6.0.4) (via Adobe PDF Library 9.0)

MD5: 00d6ec4e5387d5305da5a00c20fcc6d0 SHA-1: 1aafb3a86d393cef3bd3ebda94350fe1dea3e579 SHA-256: 9454e9ab024ce808b3c7fe1bbe5083e3c2dece00c83f0eeaddb5d1077cbcdcfb

322 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains multiple indicators of malicious activity, including embedded JavaScript and a critical finding related to CVE-2014-0496. The presence of `app.addToolButton/removeToolButton` strongly suggests exploitation of this vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript, likely obfuscated, is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7283875-0' further supports its role as a dropper.

Heuristics 13

app.addToolButton/removeToolButton — CVE-2014-0496 critical CVE exact CVE_2014_0496

PDF JavaScript combines app.addToolButton() and app.removeToolButton() with heap-spray shellcode markers — the public Adobe Reader/Acrobat ToolButton use-after-free exploit shape for CVE-2014-0496. (matched in decompressed stream)
Embedded PDF child has suspicious static findings critical PDF_EMBEDDED_CHILD_STATIC_TRIAGE

PDF contains an embedded PDF stream whose extracted child matches suspicious or malicious PDF heuristics. Wrapper PDFs are commonly used to hide the actual exploit or lure payload from scanners that do not recursively inspect attachments.
ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7283875-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7283875-0
OpenAction trigger high PDF_OPENACTION

PDF has an /OpenAction — code runs automatically when opened
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD

PDF stream bytes contain an HTML/XFA <script> tag without accompanying Windows shell-execution primitives — common in accessible XFA forms but worth surfacing for analyst review.
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.
XFA form low PDF_XFA

PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON

PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED

PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload (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.
Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL

One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
URL http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/g/img/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/ResourceEvent#
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/ResourceRef#
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/ManifestItem#
- http://ns.adobe.com/xmp/InDesign/private
- http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
- http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/t/pg/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/Dimensions#
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/g/

Extracted artifacts 10

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0001_000.js` `4701471f7a807ef2519597345c4b0d07cec16702c769968885cb4b56202a420f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xA	4983 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 13 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`stream_001_off00001757.js` `d1dfd457a2fdd3cec4091f689f39b85b35666aa5599ef3a8d5f9a80d1e2ce105`	decompressed-pdf-stream	PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1757	1042 bytes
`font_00_type1_off00001bf3.bin` `c6bf78478c9c4dd5b3b86554d34c78f847f70af4118f9ff083c1fccf0e8e932b`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (type1) at offset 0x1BF3	97 bytes
`font_01_type1_off00001e7a.bin` `b749644b3e758e7335900ab2e7499eaa64b3a946849f1f8a0948287bdd96763d`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (type1) at offset 0x1E7A	144 bytes
`stream_019_off0001a039.js` `6bc5dc008c43230ec14d3cfbf41fa7bc5e896135036ad90bb7d3673b4a85a2c7`	decompressed-pdf-stream	PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1A039	8285 bytes
`objstm_0121_00.bin` `c7da6b3a7b599f4041016c0d1c1188e6c84373b1c03f457338e01c11dfadf0ef`	pdf-objstm-decoded	PDF /ObjStm 121 0 obj (inflated)	1220 bytes
`font_00_cff_off0000b46d.bin` `38d7d0627d6ef08fdb595be75f8f12752f3381fa7a1441ca8f76a5e76dc6e7b9`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0xB46D	609 bytes
`font_01_cff_off0000ba3f.bin` `5f3f348279f5218a0f3607c4a8e7c1b2190742072e04b58112191aa6b4235f52`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0xBA3F	886 bytes
`font_02_cff_off0000c1e7.bin` `7e5cb310f6cb7822b8a316192e8347738bb3f1d76fe954bdbf17623d2e87f2fb`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0xC1E7	3808 bytes
`font_03_cff_off0000d457.bin` `99bc093cddfa13f76f619bedeaf723ce24882a341f9686e35da3cad8dbab0a72`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0xD457	3669 bytes

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