Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3aba67a44418276…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.5 KB
MD5: d4eceee2befe3651cd0cb85708ff5f1c SHA-1: c228928533c20f59f2e024dd7933c58fbff98f36 SHA-256: e3aba67a444182764b0852e8c06dd7ffb988994e666b1da5fbbf69a3eca15828
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File T1055.001 Process Injection

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2008-2992, indicating exploitation of a known vulnerability. The presence of JavaScript and the 'unescape()' call suggest the script is obfuscated and likely designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

Heuristics 6

  • 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. (matched in decompressed stream)
  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (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.
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
95bfdf8358a6850d5a9473391c5fcb83b6819a4c80dd938830fd72c42d932ef3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x19B 5392 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).