Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da0fca5c902d739f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB
MD5: ebcbae9f6112fabafd46e4fa9a3771b8 SHA-1: 041fbcca38eb74d6fa668b770dc42e557e9be0a5 SHA-256: da0fca5c902d739f384a8b7c28ac0f90e388f1e73e2e6193f84733930232edee
320 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 exploits several known Adobe Reader vulnerabilities. The heuristics indicate that the JavaScript is obfuscated and decoded from a split character-table join, a common technique for delivering exploits. The ClamAV detection 'Js.Exploit.HTML-28' further confirms the malicious nature of the embedded script, which likely serves as a downloader or initial execution stage for a secondary payload.

Heuristics 8

  • 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
  • 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
19b8e09a4937c7ca31a5515a526fc455cd286d5902882bafcc03465f22f07722
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x2C2 11359 bytes
split_char_table_stage_000.js
a606035b401e000523891046c2ec7350242e6eba774b3984c5d915d892df1bfa
deobfuscated-js split character-table join decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2D1 3864 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).