Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e70034bbe9defb9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.95 MB Created: 2011-72-51 03:25:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 8.1 для Word (via Acrobat Distiller 8.1.0 (Windows))
MD5: f04dacb6610fff9dd7c06a32ee860f7e SHA-1: 2cd1cbfab579b4236b199b2712d048d3ee22ef3f SHA-256: 0e70034bbe9defb905216fde1068ce5c60926e737b8c75ebfdf4a60ccf917de4
554 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits multiple known vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader, including CVE-2009-4324, CVE-2009-0927, CVE-2007-5659, and CVE-2008-2992. The deobfuscated JavaScript appears to be a stager that downloads and executes a second-stage payload from a remote location, indicated by the external URI http://www.rost.ru/. The use of multiple CVEs suggests a sophisticated exploit kit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9637

Heuristics 15

  • 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)
  • 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.
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • 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://www.rost.ru/
    • http://www.rost.ru/)/S/URI
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdfx/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://www.iec.ch

Extracted artifacts 11

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0001_000.js
e9f8520b2614a4299523420a3390780383e9cbfc5e8e4e1f884f25b6469fc9cf
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0x61FE 535 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
a00a04a1e2285b25cd06313045968c8eb6f19c8f88d5d2a4e6c1ccd825bf95d5
deobfuscated-js PDF /Info Producer q-arithmetic JavaScript at offset 0x23 3636 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).
icc_00_off000672c6.icc
2b3aa1645779a9e634744faf9b01e9102b0c9b88fd6deced7934df86b949af7e
pdf-icc-profile PDF ICC profile at offset 0x672C6 3144 bytes
font_00_cff_off00007373.bin
c3a311fe930661a0eade86ee513ddcc0cfd870820747be9c7509093dd9069ae4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0x7373 3135 bytes
font_01_cff_off0002e126.bin
0feb8e7ca671e1cf74c55e74e2ab5bed9f2b6929239df8f260874d7fa304d717
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0x2E126 2607 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00044f6e.bin
07a5fc18190a243bfec76fde3ee0f68270e26a20db217db1263fa9d0b41387b3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x44F6E 16424 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00046d43.bin
f2c9081d6bc84120c777283d219aba6ae22c2d0f09b3a115d46ce22be184b83c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x46D43 28204 bytes
font_04_sfnt_off0004b2d7.bin
56cdb6128da1bbedb9463c05ac0a9a111566d0953b27334d10697fc1fa71e7cf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4B2D7 24316 bytes
font_05_sfnt_off00051f37.bin
c2df0c1f4f6457c1006fe80d231541019e588d3c33dc0f25c227f0265aa55540
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x51F37 20972 bytes
font_06_sfnt_off0005e2f9.bin
de5e1c7c4ccfcbf25784cc0a650999549033a95628e0cc21391282b6502d7ac8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5E2F9 41620 bytes
font_07_sfnt_off00063fd3.bin
80c8e5c57bcb2eddea3fa41ec509a7c6ba464fd0ad619d95f99c9d12596acde8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x63FD3 24312 bytes