Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db6b64dfc7d3eaec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

17.2 KB Created: 2009-08-12 02:40:46 Authoring application: XNPAGYVwdCxNV (via pbThabrGl3F)
MD5: 0e45456b0f6b528d756e4431cb163f24 SHA-1: b454339d85b4bed7a92f41290afd7b821d3791bb SHA-256: db6b64dfc7d3eaec828b60f9c4ee41cfd7f96448ea1b1aff2cc3ca8475b3bf9a
336 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file exploits known Adobe Reader vulnerabilities, specifically CVE-2007-5659 and CVE-2008-2992, through embedded and obfuscated JavaScript. The JavaScript is designed to execute a malicious payload, likely leading to further compromise. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 9

  • 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)
  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Js.Trojan.Obfus-48 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Js.Trojan.Obfus-48
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape 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_obj0007_000.js
784e0159fa007c0853d05c07846fe5267ecf398bd02683680d8a653322a3fabe
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x23F 16290 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 7 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
custom_b64_stage_000.js
9a6d4277af1d2411aacb96944d7cc264d270c9f85711b8e139e7781a7cea617e
deobfuscated-js custom Base64 decoded JavaScript layer 3 (PDF /JS object 7) at offset 0x1116 4517 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).