PDF malware analysis — malicious · a40fe1f8a1864f0f

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.1 KB Authoring application: sli

MD5: aa1ebbe4a4e4060d6caf4eb4127dbf78 SHA-1: 763e6746df4e97b8f6336d605ceabf0ed699c103 SHA-256: a40fe1f8a1864f0f826f6895c6e968f2a88d3abb58ceb1a6a6b03184520ddbe1

358 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript T1059.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages multiple critical vulnerabilities including CVE-2009-4324 (media.newPlayer), CVE-2009-0927 (Collab.getIcon), CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo), and CVE-2008-2992 (util.printf). The JavaScript is obfuscated using a character-table stager, which reconstructs the malicious code before execution. This indicates the file's primary purpose is to exploit these vulnerabilities to achieve arbitrary code execution.

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)
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-91 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-91
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.
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.
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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0076_000.js` `f6a3e9b8f8aaf9779a193480c4ec9d6029c074134c8b58307e0ed7fb2fd61354`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x41A	54039 bytes
`char_table_stage_000.js` `30a1514ed402881ec13dcf6c164f698458acce7b858f428da961bb68eee4a275`	deobfuscated-js	char-table indexed JavaScript (PDF /JS object 76) at offset 0x45F	3606 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).
`deobfuscated.js` `d2c307611a832a9f5a7f4b9286759c0efe7d58f87eae0f315f9cb1bd3aab70ce`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	54168 bytes

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