PDF malware analysis — malicious · ce88bbd329e79c48

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.5 KB Authoring application: l (via va)

MD5: 6aff265d4d8c6b697e940fe6b708e0ea SHA-1: 6d30ef3a3a05c2df6161eac4052fffdc3d83f88a SHA-256: ce88bbd329e79c481c4c813926051e1b8c67df81caa06fd99c23c86ee5d9b0fb

376 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

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

The PDF file exploits multiple Adobe Reader vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, CVE-2008-2992) through obfuscated XFA JavaScript. This script is designed to decode and execute a hex-encoded string, likely leading to the download and execution of a secondary payload, as indicated by the embedded file artifact 'embedded_file_obj0004.bin'. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-84' further supports this assessment.

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-84 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-84
Suspicious extracted artifact high 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 script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD

PDF stream bytes contain an HTML/XFA <script> tag without accompanying Windows shell-execution primitives — common in accessible XFA forms but worth surfacing for analyst review.
Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED

PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
XFA form low PDF_XFA

PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0004.bin` `6d78f64ef71f86f3bba7216576b61003013af0bb6620ded8426a4c0d06e30ca6`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 4 at offset 0xE3	11284 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`xfa_hex_stage_000.js` `792999ddff636f7505ce5e7c544b5af718d85603ea7122fb11ad50888774b756`	deobfuscated-js	XFA hex-decoded JavaScript (decompressed, direct) at offset 0x682	4807 bytes
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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