Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7cc23943a30c2e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

60.7 KB
MD5: 88d4ce01c9463d6422ea42f4dde6a396 SHA-1: 5c179ce4269b8a60d748b3cafac005bef8633495 SHA-256: d7cc23943a30c2e2e76cb322e42cb16d4aacc170a49c2d6a29c28cf711e73cbc
358 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious File T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes character-table indexing for obfuscation, a technique commonly used to evade detection. Critical heuristics indicate exploitation of multiple CVEs (2009-4324, 2009-0927, 2007-5659, 2008-2992) related to JavaScript execution within Adobe Reader. The deobfuscated JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as indicated by the ClamAV detection of Win.Trojan.Agent-36331.

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: Win.Trojan.Agent-36331 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-36331
  • Character-table JavaScript eval stager high PDF_JS_CHAR_TABLE_EVAL_STAGER
    PDF JavaScript reconstructs an exploit stage by indexing into a small character table, appending hundreds of one-character fragments, joining the array, and evaluating the result. This static fallback fires only after the bounded decoder recovers an exploit-like stage, so it catches this obfuscation even when no single CVE API signature is available.
  • 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
24b22e3922db5643594b56abde11d4255264f8af51341d5ad650e5e73f791aac
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x2D4 53511 bytes
char_table_stage_000.js
02fcc1e8e7cc7a27e15d22207eaf3fcde50dbd90a326a1d98229079fd6e61cfe
deobfuscated-js char-table indexed JavaScript (PDF /JS object 76) at offset 0x324 3858 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).