PDF malware analysis — malicious · fa0cf5b24800cda2

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.4 KB Created: 2009-01-35 62:12:26 Authoring application: Adobe

MD5: 63d718a3c431823633254dedac6b315e SHA-1: 569427aa7a8c2182ea604629248d6dde45ef432b SHA-256: fa0cf5b24800cda2e9bdf1bb26fb85ef326a49a44b46bbacd411b688a2b53e3c

246 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating the exploitation of known vulnerabilities (CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659) through embedded JavaScript. The JavaScript streams, particularly the deobfuscated ones, likely facilitate the execution of malicious code. This pattern suggests the PDF is designed to act as a dropper or initial access vector, leveraging these exploits to download and execute further stages of malware.

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)
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. (matched inside decoded stream)
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 6

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0012_000.js` `95d649ed566a61bf020e18fad174fe9526fc2ef2e64d860774d81a30794ed712`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0x1585	1008 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`javascript_obj0013_001.js` `533ee45424081797d547d971607f733005de53d58a25c6faa558613eca41cdac`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x1761	1348 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`javascript_obj0014_002.js` `00815b383b5438c2518df545ac049b4bcaec5492f163ae2e51ba59b33573aa5b`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 14 at offset 0x196B	956 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `721f67b3bdb69c48ca68104f925923a6e9d73a6161991616a4218a741337c341`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1BE	2955 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `8eeeea4e231fe3ba8b79434c13d2000ed00c1f5a9b039090f0a07e8f3d940d1b`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x8C8	1651 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_002.js` `e93ad71d3a2f20f0514f320c72f1a062c95c1c316657800d14ea24dcfc6f45ac`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0xEE7	1819 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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