Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0d304e247045e9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB
MD5: 31235cce642595aa4b34a1080750acc8 SHA-1: fb0c65c3b9af094992d30a655fcb9bf94d3b9c97 SHA-256: b0d304e247045e9f736ba2c7c296a5aa0b0b9326a333d14a7ee26b59d217019d
360 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.001 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes character-table indexing for obfuscation, a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities. Critical heuristics indicate the exploitation of multiple CVEs related to JavaScript execution within Adobe Reader, specifically targeting functions like media.newPlayer, Collab.getIcon, Collab.collectEmailInfo, and util.printf. The recovered JavaScript is likely designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as suggested by the 'Js.Exploit.HTML-29' ClamAV detection.

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: Js.Exploit.HTML-29 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Js.Exploit.HTML-29
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0076_000.js
855827026d4c860cd70e3b87f0997b94bb0df141f429f6f8c6acc730b3c4ef62
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x2C2 84518 bytes
char_table_stage_000.js
1bc4c38bd9c11bef2d61ff52b3b3c6508c01aa79693032423373734e2fdaf043
deobfuscated-js char-table indexed JavaScript (PDF /JS object 76) at offset 0x2FB 3858 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).