MALICIOUS
356
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious Attachment
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
T1059.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript
The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages multiple Adobe Reader vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, CVE-2008-2992) via arithmetic stagers in the PDF metadata. This JavaScript is designed to execute a second-stage payload, likely leading to arbitrary code execution.
Heuristics 9
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media.newPlayer — CVE-2009-4324 critical CVE exact CVE_2009_4324PDF 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)
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Collab.getIcon — CVE-2009-0927 critical CVE exact CVE_2009_0927PDF 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)
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Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 critical CVE exact CVE_2007_5659PDF 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)
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util.printf — CVE-2008-2992 critical CVE exact CVE_2008_2992PDF 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)
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PDF metadata arithmetic JavaScript stager high PDF_INFO_ARITHMETIC_JS_STAGERPDF metadata hides JavaScript as arithmetic character-code tokens inside document information fields, then a launcher rebuilds it with String.fromCharCode and eval. The decoder is gated on metadata access from the launcher, a large arithmetic token table, and recovered exploit-like JavaScript.
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Suspicious extracted artifact high EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
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String.fromCharCode medium PDF_FROMCHARCODEString.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF 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.
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javascript_obj0001_000.js328aaac3fe7027099a28b3bb4f1771228192bf934df948907c0f938345188d5e |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0x6382 | 267 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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info_arithmetic_stage_000.js063240b3458ee7aa8142d0ac99a51282c4f18294b852ec54d30e55f513913452 |
deobfuscated-js | PDF /Info Producer arithmetic JavaScript at offset 0x23 | 3684 bytes |
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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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