PDF malware analysis — malicious · f8a6d4e444b7acf5

MALICIOUS

PDF

25.4 KB Created: 2011-72-51 03:25:00

MD5: 7a40bebff79ed0c043fbffd92af76c00 SHA-1: 89fc158c1a7cf31d283e28f7abac6002a8da967c SHA-256: f8a6d4e444b7acf5a90cf63056b9e5951ed96578120ed0eef7d4980e678e9274

356 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204 Malicious File T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1059.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

The PDF file exploits multiple known Adobe Reader vulnerabilities including CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. It uses JavaScript embedded within the PDF's metadata, employing arithmetic operations and String.fromCharCode to deobfuscate and execute a second-stage payload. This payload is likely designed to compromise the user's system.

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)
PDF metadata arithmetic JavaScript stager high PDF_INFO_ARITHMETIC_JS_STAGER

PDF metadata hides JavaScript as arithmetic character-code tokens inside document information fields, then a launcher rebuilds it with String.fromCharCode and eval. The decoder is gated on metadata access from the launcher, a large arithmetic token table, and recovered exploit-like JavaScript.
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.
String.fromCharCode medium PDF_FROMCHARCODE

String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically
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_obj0001_000.js` `accc42e8ec6b3cb85ba44f18d8f25e44eec07687ddc2a942283361bb9dd88be7`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0x63A9	277 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`info_arithmetic_stage_000.js` `3e6043bd48fbc7f5126c9a54ab88ea8378f0945d3c850bd76634a22dbc119aec`	deobfuscated-js	PDF /Info Producer arithmetic JavaScript at offset 0x23	3684 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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