Malware Insights
The PDF sample contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating exploitation of CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, and CVE-2007-5659. These vulnerabilities are leveraged to execute embedded and obfuscated JavaScript. The script's primary function appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as indicated by the deobfuscated JavaScript found in legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js. The document body is unreadable, but the combination of exploits and script execution strongly suggests a malicious intent, likely for malware delivery.
Heuristics 7
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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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unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPEunescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
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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.
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Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.
Extracted artifacts 6
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj0032_000.js1e8b86d7bb68f599ea29341b70498b4f7d03686a0e678c25390a5c0432628655 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 32 at offset 0xC7C | 109 bytes |
javascript_obj0034_001.jsfbe981ddccc84f3c990185e0b94b2baba60b4a329c845390af917778f94e72a1 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 34 at offset 0xD38 | 183 bytes |
javascript_obj0036_002.js5ff9f4f5eb5239dcc888fbb2fcde54a1fffbe2dbd85e40e8c3427fe82a07295a |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 36 at offset 0xEAE | 198 bytes |
javascript_obj0038_003.js91c6d05feed2a7c5a1a6cf59a36649013743cf78ce86541e268cc2c1db227c7d |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 38 at offset 0xF96 | 38 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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javascript_obj0078_004.jsbc8faa385ef009b1d1b34651903412c5e87a38b60c23dc36a13b7af399bd41f9 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 78 at offset 0xE17 | 32 bytes |
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.jsdfef61b3d4e6c653654c75ce032eb914b11d3cb4dcf194b6d8107ad6873ea305 |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x20C | 6363 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 12 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
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