Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d9b389380867e05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.0 KB Created: 2008-31-20 53:85:00 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: 7a77d82869bc4880826fcd865772aa8d SHA-1: 204fb1ced2337ca8c8894631493b487426c62bb4 SHA-256: 0d9b389380867e05505b4aa4673386f0646beb3819ae68b36ba1351853cc23b4
470 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits multiple CVEs in Adobe Reader, specifically CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo) and CVE-2008-2992 (util.printf). The script is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload from the URLs http://judns.net/jud/load.php?id=115&spl=3 and http://judns.net/jud/load.php?id=115&spl=2. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 12

  • 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. (matched in decompressed stream)
  • 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)
  • Pidief-style multi-CVE JavaScript dispatcher critical CVE likely PDF_PIDIEF_MULTI_CVE_DISPATCH
    A single JavaScript body branches on app.viewerVersion and invokes two or more of the canonical Reader sinks (Collab.collectEmailInfo, Collab.getIcon, util.printf with a field-width format string). This is the 2009-2010 Pidief.J multi-exploit landing template: a per-version dispatcher that fires the matching CVE chain for whichever Reader version opens the file.
  • PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER
    PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
  • Multi-CVE Adobe Reader JavaScript exploit kit critical PDF_ADOBE_READER_MULTI_CVE_JS_KIT
    One recovered JavaScript stage contains multiple version-gated Adobe Reader exploit branches. This is stronger evidence than independent API keywords: the PDF is selecting old Reader vulnerabilities by viewer version and running heap-sprayed Acrobat JavaScript exploit paths.
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • Generic recovered JavaScript exploit stage high PDF_GENERIC_STAGE_RECOVERY
    Bounded static stage recovery exposed hidden JavaScript through generic transforms such as null-byte collapse, percent decoding, marker replacement, arithmetic character codes, fromCharCode, numeric arrays, numeric-array minus-key decoders, alphabet-index arrays, /Producer half-difference metadata arrays, hex literals, marker-stripped Base64 literals, custom 6-bit XOR table decoders, or repeated-marker hex carriers. This rule is emitted only when the recovered stage contains exploit-like Acrobat JavaScript or shellcode markers.
  • PDF JavaScript shellcode contains an embedded download URL high PDF_JS_SHELLCODE_DOWNLOAD_URL
    Decoded PDF JavaScript shellcode contains a hardcoded http(s) URL stored as little-endian %uXXXX Unicode escapes. Reader exploit shellcode embeds the second-stage fetch URL this way and pulls it down with a urlmon/URLDownloadToFile-style download-and-execute (commodity downloader behaviour rather than a specific Acrobat CVE).
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://judns.net/jud/load.php?id=115&spl=3
    • http://judns.net/jud/load.php?id=115&spl=2

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
66090ba46d35c167aed566c7285d9d210b0c585f359a9aea1b34b71a7bc706bf
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x3D7 4166 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 16 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
generic_stage_recovery_000.js
80b97833d0c26388a1d9fe127ec670365d88a5cb0d8f304ae760853f1e8c23c0
deobfuscated-js generic stage recovery percent-decode from JavaScript object 13 at offset 0x3D7 4164 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 16 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
generic_stage_recovery_001.js
1f862a77e494da5fc5d9288e901c5c745ff12e6a48fec6cba9f8b83fafd904fc
deobfuscated-js generic stage recovery percent-decode from combined JavaScript objects at offset 0x11 4181 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 16 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
combined_document_js_000.js
b9923e199009e2b240b637626c8fc304f5b5c67532a588c328ae16f056933288
deobfuscated-js combined document JavaScript streams at offset 0x11 4183 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 16 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).