PDF malware analysis — malicious · f6a9c81c961c0ba0

MALICIOUS

PDF

61.4 KB

MD5: 51a2b7da5f1267cec64d7eb322cef296 SHA-1: 8e25a4cebfe0b87baaa14c547a53a7d65615852e SHA-256: f6a9c81c961c0ba01de97ae5b6272b3aa1b9eb678295b73666522ec69d6b4b42

396 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes a character-table-based obfuscation technique to evade detection. This JavaScript is designed to exploit several known vulnerabilities in older versions of Adobe Reader, specifically targeting functions like media.newPlayer, Collab.getIcon, Collab.collectEmailInfo, and util.printf. The primary goal appears to be the execution of arbitrary code, likely to download and run 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: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36333 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36333
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.
Suspicious extracted artifact high 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.
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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0076_000.js` `d67c191438d4bf644a31359750c6e27726e4414a906c2dfa9c637d80b0f58f1b`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x2D4	54155 bytes
`eval_char_append_stage_000.js` `283194786f31a210c266ba45268f7d589be68ea775c9c14267b927b0ec798dda`	deobfuscated-js	eval character-table append decoded JavaScript at offset 0x300	3888 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).

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