Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1fc5deca1903ede…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.5 KB
MD5: 1329393f226ea2f8afee7f37c2b83bab SHA-1: 10d1e32d3ed2f50865fe25fe3f4fdcb847479be6 SHA-256: d1fc5deca1903ede9b5776f3b74a255ea20e3a5e51ec48128297ed143fabe0d3
378 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is heavily obfuscated and designed to exploit multiple Adobe Reader vulnerabilities. The heuristics indicate that the JavaScript decodes and executes exploit branches targeting specific CVEs. The ClamAV detection (Js.Exploit.HTML-28) further confirms the malicious nature of the embedded script, which likely serves as a dropper for a secondary payload.

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-28 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Js.Exploit.HTML-28
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • 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
a0274f24e48aa298eb5928175a379eaab35f3f68d14535c8ce0f96636924a0b6
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x2C2 11864 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.HTML-28
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
split_char_table_stage_000.js
2db68b3c45bc7a16d0a716e81963de24885c90d938f66192663d8cd91d4a9371
deobfuscated-js split character-table join decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D1 3960 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).