Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdbe408568ddb405…

MALICIOUS

PDF

588.9 KB Created: 2010-07-14 13:38:44 -07:00 Authoring application: PDFCreator Version 2.1.1 (via Mac OS X 10.4.11 Quartz PDFContext)
MD5: aabf87f7d6a846e7f1f8a74ed110fb68 SHA-1: 0a58c87f230143d1831f98d4e117f5f93be879ac SHA-256: bdbe408568ddb405419651a943a0520a4a7a2438ab6572f206ad7ce659fd04ae
214 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious Link T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 Malicious PDF

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and exploits CVE-2010-2883, a known vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The presence of multiple JavaScript streams and an embedded PDF suggests a multi-stage attack. The primary intent appears to be the execution of malicious code via the JavaScript, likely to download and run a secondary payload. The document body's content is minimal and does not provide further context on the lure.

Heuristics 10

  • Adobe Reader CoolType SING font exploit — CVE-2010-2883 critical CVE likely CVE_2010_2883
    PDF embeds a TrueType/OpenType font with an actual SING table and pairs it with JavaScript heap-spray shellcode. This matches the public Adobe Reader CoolType SING exploit shape for CVE-2010-2883.
  • Secondary embedded PDF body has suspicious static findings critical POLYGLOT_CHILD_PDF_STATIC_TRIAGE
    A valid PDF body was found at a nonzero offset inside another container and its carved contents matched PDF exploit or lure heuristics. This catches polyglots where the top-level magic routes to ZIP/OLE while a PDF reader or downstream parser opens the hidden PDF payload.
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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
  • 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/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xfa/promoted-desc/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-locale-set/2.7/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-locale-set/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-form/2.8/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/

Extracted artifacts 8

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0026_000.js
2f574ea0a0abb643798c6edf545b9a2510056a799ef48c2f415cee8e337043b2		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 26 at offset 0x47BF 9909 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
font_00_sfnt_off000149fa.bin
422bc5698ba5d9d4818f6a2d8b3abca2f723e713b44a15c390139d2c976a1388		 pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149FA 65932 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001e85c.bin
7e24ee16c8b09ee74d61445f29c3c0a95abfdf17fc1008606394f159dbd0c106		 pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E85C 65932 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000286ba.bin
57e24925bc6bdb98d38e8b4ba3b87f80f75c5e49ea9a522486790d7dc6848549		 pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x286BA 65932 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000324e1.bin
1f068d668b316fcb46f0801be00137fb749cc7fda5ca15e442829d6c303d8f99		 pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x324E1 65932 bytes
javascript_obj0026_000_1.js
cea17d091a4aebd6c48c99986105429d7baa0387be85973d4914e7cb223e63cd		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 26 at offset 0x47BF 8527 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0026_001.js
6f8e2f4ec1911d17edca74d7f2726d808097d9142440730564772003802c78d8		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 26 at offset 0x47BF 3369 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
polyglot_child_pdf_off0003ca8f.pdf
3b6e0f5ae6e490965519d28a1bd97c5d448ac6064694855897e67ec40c1c39a2		 polyglot-child-pdf Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x3CA8F 354608 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 10 long base64-like blob(s).

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