PDF malware analysis — malicious · fed7e7803cfde13f

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.4 KB

MD5: ae2ba158b0253c2f6c768445096719fb SHA-1: 300d4d657aa933095c833afa23caea45cbea02ec SHA-256: fed7e7803cfde13f2da9b949678f0c0adeea9b26310a31ef100ab3993fa279ea

258 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.001 Malicious Link/URL T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages multiple critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader, including CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. The JavaScript is obfuscated and appears to be designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The specific vulnerabilities targeted suggest an older exploit chain, but the overall mechanism is consistent with a downloader or initial access exploit.

Heuristics 7

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)
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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0076_000.js` `d10965073c6ced2bd5a38a9ffe3a025df214e7e853d9e663755f2c4ccf866b78`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x2C2	61449 bytes
`eval_char_append_stage_000.js` `819efa7584c600dffc24ffc3a87a0d5231faaf07e0f4e80614f3ebf079f76f71`	deobfuscated-js	eval character-table append decoded JavaScript at offset 0x322	3858 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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